PENNISETUM RUPPELII

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pennisetum ruppelii mean? 

• PENNISETUM RUPPELII (noun)
  The noun PENNISETUM RUPPELII has 1 sense:

1. tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia

  Familiarity information: PENNISETUM RUPPELII used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENNISETUM RUPPELII (noun)

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Meaning:

Tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fountain grass; Pennisetum ruppelii; Pennisetum setaceum

Hypernyms ("Pennisetum ruppelii" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Holonyms ("Pennisetum ruppelii" is a member of...):

genus Pennisetum; Pennisetum (a genus of Old World grasses)