RAVENNA GRASS

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Meaning:

Grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass

Synonyms:

Erianthus ravennae; Ravenna grass; wool grass

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Ravenna grass" is a kind of...):

plume grass (a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes)

Holonyms ("Ravenna grass" is a member of...):

Erianthus; genus Erianthus (genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs)