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GENUS ZOYSIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions
Synonyms:
genus Zoisia; genus Zoysia; Zoisia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Zoysia" 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 Zoysia"):
zoysia (any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia)
Holonyms ("genus Zoysia" 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)
