GENUS MUHLENBERGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Muhlenbergia mean? 

• GENUS MUHLENBERGIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS MUHLENBERGIA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia

  Familiarity information: GENUS MUHLENBERGIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MUHLENBERGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Muhlenbergia; Muhlenbergia

Hypernyms ("genus Muhlenbergia" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Muhlenbergia"):

Muhlenbergia schreberi; nimble Will; nimblewill (slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States)

Holonyms ("genus Muhlenbergia" 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)