HyperDic: genus_cenchrus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cenchrus:
NOUNplantgenus Cenchrus, Cenchrusa genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
English > genus Cenchrus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs.
SynonymCenchrus
Member ofGramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass familyThe grasses
Membersburgrass, bur grassA grass of the genus Cenchrus
sandbur, sandspur, field sandbur, Cenchrus tribuloidesgrass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishcenchrus, genus cenchrus
Catalancenchrus, Cenchrus, genus cenchrus

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