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CHLORIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass
Synonyms:
Chloris; genus Chloris
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Chloris" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Holonyms ("Chloris" 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)