pennisetum

1. A genus of Old World grasses (synset 112149162)
   is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
   member holonym:

   • bulrush millet, cattail millet, pearl millet, pennisetum americanum, pennisetum glaucum - tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer
   • fountain grass, pennisetum ruppelii, pennisetum setaceum - tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia
   • feathertop, feathertop grass, pennistum villosum - northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
   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 cane
   same as: genus pennisetum

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