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PLUME GRASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("plume grass" is a kind of...):
grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plume grass"):
Erianthus ravennae; Ravenna grass; wool grass (grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass)
Holonyms ("plume grass" is a member of...):
Erianthus; genus Erianthus (genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs)