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PHLEUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grasses native to temperate regions
Synonyms:
genus Phleum; Phleum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phleum" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Phleum"):
herd's grass; Phleum pratense; timothy (grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay)
Holonyms ("Phleum" 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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