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GENUS FESTUCA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae
Synonyms:
Festuca; genus Festuca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Festuca" 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 Festuca"):
fescue; fescue grass; Festuca elatior; meadow fescue (grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns)
Festuca ovina; sheep's fescue; sheep fescue (cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass)
silver grass (of Australia and New Zealand)
Holonyms ("genus Festuca" 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)
