Poaceae
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| Noun | 1. |  Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar caneliliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Graminales, order Graminales - grasses; sedges; rushes graminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves Aegilops, genus Aegilops - goat grass Agropyron, genus Agropyron - perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass Agrostis, genus Agrostis - annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland) Alopecurus, genus Alopecurus - annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds Andropogon, genus Andropogon - tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions Arrhenatherum, genus Arrhenatherum - oat grass Arundo, genus Arundo - any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds Avena, genus Avena - oats Bromus, genus Bromus - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae Bouteloua, genus Bouteloua - forage grasses Buchloe, genus Buchloe - buffalo grass Calamagrostis, genus Calamagrostis - reed grass Cenchrus, genus Cenchrus - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs Chloris, genus Chloris - tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass Cortaderia, genus Cortaderia - tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass Cynodon, genus Cynodon - creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa Dactylis, genus Dactylis - a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species) Dactyloctenium, genus Dactyloctenium - a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae Digitaria, genus Digitaria - crab grass; finger grass Echinochloa, genus Echinochloa - annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions Eleusine, genus Eleusine - annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands Elymus, genus Elymus - tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye) Eragrostis, genus Eragrostis - annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics Erianthus, genus Erianthus - genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs Festuca, genus Festuca - a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae genus Glyceria, Glyceria - manna grass genus Holcus, Holcus - a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America genus Hordeum, Hordeum - annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley genus Leymus, Leymus - genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus genus Lolium, Lolium - darnel; ryegrass genus Muhlenbergia, Muhlenbergia - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia genus Oryza, Oryza - rice genus Oryzopsis, Oryzopsis - rice grass genus Panicum, Panicum - panic grass genus Paspalum - a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions genus Pennisetum, Pennisetum - a genus of Old World grasses genus Phalaris, Phalaris - a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers genus Phleum, Phleum - grasses native to temperate regions genus Phragmites, Phragmites - reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions meadow grass, meadowgrass - any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture genus Saccharum, Saccharum - tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane genus Schizachyrium, Schizachyrium - overlaps the genus Andropogon |
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