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GENUS PHRAGMITES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions
Synonyms:
genus Phragmites; Phragmites
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Phragmites" 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 Phragmites"):
carrizo; common reed; ditch reed; Phragmites communis (tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts)
Holonyms ("genus Phragmites" 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)
