ANDROPOGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Andropogon mean? 

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

1. tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANDROPOGON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Andropogon; genus Andropogon

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Andropogon"):

broom grass (any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making)

Holonyms ("Andropogon" 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)