cynodon
Noun
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Creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa (synset 112136080)
is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedmember holonym:
- bahama grass, bermuda grass, cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass, star grass - trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
- cynodon plectostachyum, giant star grass - perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay
belongs to: family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar canesame as: genus cynodon
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