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ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
Synonyms:
Alopecurus pratensis; meadow foxtail
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Alopecurus pratensis" is a kind of...):
foxtail; foxtail grass (grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes)
Holonyms ("Alopecurus pratensis" is a member of...):
Alopecurus; genus Alopecurus (annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds)