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PHLEUM PRATENSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Phleum pratense mean?
• PHLEUM PRATENSE (noun)
The noun PHLEUM PRATENSE has 1 sense:
1. grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay
Familiarity information: PHLEUM PRATENSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
herd's grass; Phleum pratense; timothy
Hypernyms ("Phleum pratense" is a kind of...):
grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)
Meronyms (parts of "Phleum pratense"):
timothy (a grass grown for hay)
Holonyms ("Phleum pratense" is a member of...):
genus Phleum; Phleum (grasses native to temperate regions)
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