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ERIANTHUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs
Synonyms:
Erianthus; genus Erianthus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Erianthus" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Erianthus"):
plume grass (a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes)
Erianthus ravennae; Ravenna grass; wool grass (grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass)
Holonyms ("Erianthus" 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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