HOLCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Holcus mean? 

• HOLCUS (noun)
  The noun HOLCUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America

  Familiarity information: HOLCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Holcus; Holcus

Hypernyms ("Holcus" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Holonyms ("Holcus" 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)