PHALARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phalaris mean? 

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

1. a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHALARIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Phalaris; Phalaris

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Phalaris"):

gardener's garters; lady's laces; Phalaris arundinacea; reed canary grass; ribbon grass (perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America)

birdseed grass; canary grass; Phalaris canariensis (Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds)

Harding grass; hardinggrass; Phalaris aquatica; Phalaris tuberosa; toowomba canary grass (perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass)

Holonyms ("Phalaris" 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)