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PHALARIS AQUATICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phalaris aquatica mean? 

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

1. perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grassplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PHALARIS AQUATICA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Harding grass; hardinggrass; Phalaris aquatica; Phalaris tuberosa; toowomba canary grass

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

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

Holonyms ("Phalaris aquatica" is a member of...):

genus Phalaris; Phalaris (a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers)


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