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STENOTAPHRUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Lawn grasses

Synonyms:

genus Stenotaphrum; Stenotaphrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Stenotaphrum"):

buffalo grass; St. Augustine grass; Stenotaphrum secundatum (low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass)

Holonyms ("Stenotaphrum" 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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