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DACTYLOCTENIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae
Synonyms:
Dactyloctenium; genus Dactyloctenium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dactyloctenium" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Holonyms ("Dactyloctenium" 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)