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LOLIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Darnel; ryegrass

Synonyms:

genus Lolium; Lolium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Lolium" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Lolium"):

rye grass; ryegrass (any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses)

Holonyms ("Lolium" 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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