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RAVENNA GRASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass
Synonyms:
Erianthus ravennae; Ravenna grass; wool grass
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ravenna grass" is a kind of...):
plume grass (a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes)
Holonyms ("Ravenna grass" is a member of...):
Erianthus; genus Erianthus (genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs)