POACEAE

Meaning of POACEAE in English

pōˈāsēˌē

Etymology: New Latin, from Poa + -aceae

synonym of gramineae

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

POACEAE — also called Gramineae, the grass family of the flowering plant order Cyperales, containing 500 to 650 genera with some 8,000 …
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WILD RICE — Coarse annual grass ( Zizania aquatica ) of the family Poaceae (or Gramineae) whose grain, now often considered a delicacy, …
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WHEAT — Any of various cereal grasses in the genus Triticum of the Poaceae (or Gramineae) family, one of the oldest and …
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TIMOTHY — I Perennial grass ( Phleum pratense ) of the family Poaceae (or Gramineae), native to Europe and widely cultivated as …
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TEOSINTE — Tall, stout, annual grass ( Zea mexicana or Euchlaena mexicana ) of the family Poaceae (or Gramineae), native to Mexico. …
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SUGARCANE — Giant, thick, perennial grass ( Saccharum officinarum ; family Poaceae, or Gramineae), cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide for …
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SORGHUM — Cereal grain plant of the family Poaceae (or Gramineae), probably native to Africa, and its edible starchy seeds. All types …
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RICE — I Edible starchy cereal grain and the annual grass ( Oryza sativa , family Poaceae, or Gramineae) that produces it. …
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REED — I In botany, any of several species of large aquatic Phragmites (family Poaceae, or Gramineae). The common, or water, reed …
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GRASS — I Any of many low, green, nonwoody plants that make up the families Poaceae (or Gramineae), Cyperaceae ( rush es). …
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FESCUE — Any of about 100 species of grasses that make up the genus Festuca (family Poaceae, or Gramineae), native to temperate …
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CORN — I or maize Zea mays ) of the family Poaceae (or Gramineae). It originated in the New World and has …
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BROMEGRASS — Any of about 100 annual and perennial species of weeds and forage grasses that make up the genus Bromus , …
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BLUEGRASS — I Any of many slender annual and perennial lawn, pasture, and forage grass es of the genus Poa , in …
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BENT GRASS — Any of the annual or perennial grass es that make up the genus Agrostis , in the family Poaceae (or …
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BARLEY — Hordeum , in the family Poaceae (or Gramineae), and its edible grain. The three cultivated species are H. vulgare , …
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BAMBOO — Any of the tall, treelike grass es, found in tropical and subtropical to mild temperate regions, that make up the …
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ANTHOXANTHUM — -thəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from anth- + -xanthum (from Greek xanthos yellow) — more at xanthic : …
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POACEOUS — /poh ay"sheuhs/ , adj. belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae. Cf. grass family . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRASS FAMILY — the large plant family Gramineae (or Poaceae), characterized by mostly herbaceous but sometimes woody plants with hollow and jointed stems, …
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GRASS — I. ˈgras noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gras, from Old English græs; akin to Old High German gras …
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WILD RYE — also called lyme grass (genus Elymus) any of a group of about 50 species of perennial forage grasses in the …
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WILD RICE — Wild rice (Zizania aquatica). also called Indian Rice, Water Rice, or Water Oats (species Zizania aquatica), coarse annual grass of …
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WILD OAT — any of several tufted annual grasses of the genus Avena (family Poaceae), native to Eurasia. Wild oats are sometimes cut …
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WHEATGRASS — (genus Agropyron), any of a number of species of wheatlike grasses in the family Poaceae, found throughout the North Temperate …
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WHEAT — cereal grass of the Gramineae (Poaceae) family and of the genus Triticum and its edible grain, one of the oldest …
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REED — Common reed (Phragmites australis) in botany, any of several species of large aquatic grasses, especially the four species constituting the …
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GRASS — any of many low, green, nonwoody plants belonging to the grass family (Poaceae or Gramineae), sedge family (Cyperaceae), and rush …
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CYPERALES — order of flowering plants belonging to the class Liliopsida (monocotyledons). The Cyperales are generally annual or perennial herbs; a few …
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GRASS — n. Any of many low, green, nonwoody plants that make up the families Poaceae (or Gramineae), Cyperaceae ( sedge s), …
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