LADY'S LACES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America

Synonyms:

gardener's garters; lady's laces; Phalaris arundinacea; reed canary grass; ribbon grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lady's laces" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Holonyms ("lady's laces" is a member of...):

genus Phalaris; Phalaris (a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers)

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