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GENUS AEGILOPS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Goat grass
Synonyms:
Aegilops; genus Aegilops
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Aegilops" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Aegilops"):
Aegilops triuncalis; goat grass (European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock)
Holonyms ("genus Aegilops" 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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