grass family
Noun
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The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals;
Bamboo;
Reeds;
Sugar cane (synset 112121055)is a type of: liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedsubtypes: calamagrostis, genus calamagrostis - reed grassmember holonym:- 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
- 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
- genus poa, poa - chiefly perennial grasses of cool 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
- genus secale, secale - cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye
- genus setaria, setaria - annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses
- millet - any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
- genus sorghum, sorghum - annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum
- genus spartina, spartina - grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands
- genus sporobolus, sporobolus - cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass)
- genus stenotaphrum, stenotaphrum - lawn grasses
- genus triticum, triticum - annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions
- genus zea, zea - corn
- genus zizania, zizania - wild rice
- genus zoisia, genus zoysia, zoisia - lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions
- bambuseae, tribe bambuseae - bamboos
belongs to: graminales, order graminales - grasses; sedges; rushes
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