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AGROPYRON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass
Synonyms:
Agropyron; genus Agropyron
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Agropyron" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Agropyron"):
wheat-grass; wheatgrass (a grass of the genus Agropyron)
Holonyms ("Agropyron" 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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