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MUHLENBERGIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia
Synonyms:
genus Muhlenbergia; Muhlenbergia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Muhlenbergia" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Muhlenbergia"):
Muhlenbergia schreberi; nimble Will; nimblewill (slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States)
Holonyms ("Muhlenbergia" 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)
