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GENUS LEYMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Leymus mean?
• GENUS LEYMUS (noun)
The noun GENUS LEYMUS has 1 sense:
1. genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus
Familiarity information: GENUS LEYMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Leymus; Leymus
Hypernyms ("genus Leymus" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Holonyms ("genus Leymus" is a member of...):
family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)
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