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GENUS BUCHLOE

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Meaning:

Buffalo grass

Synonyms:

Buchloe; genus Buchloe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Buchloe" 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 Buchloe"):

Buchloe dactyloides; buffalo grass (short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam))

Holonyms ("genus Buchloe" 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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