English > Erianthus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs. |
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| Synonym | genus Erianthus |
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| Member of | Gramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family | The grasses |
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| Members | Ravenna grass, wool grass, Erianthus ravennae | grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass |
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| plume grass | A reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes |
| Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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| Spanish | erianthus, genus erianthus |
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| Catalan | erianthus, genus erianthus |
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