AEGILOPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aegilops mean? 

• AEGILOPS (noun)
  The noun AEGILOPS has 1 sense:

1. goat grass

  Familiarity information: AEGILOPS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEGILOPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Goat grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aegilops; genus Aegilops

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Aegilops"):

Aegilops triuncalis; goat grass (European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock)

Holonyms ("Aegilops" 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)