HyperDic: genus_saccharum

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Saccharum:
NOUNplantgenus Saccharum, Saccharumtall perennial reedlike grass originally / originally of southeastern Asia
English > genus Saccharum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall perennial reedlike grass originally / originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane.
SynonymSaccharum
Member ofGramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass familyThe grasses
Membersmunj, munja, Saccharum bengalense, Saccharum munjatough / tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets
sugarcane, sugar cane, Saccharum officinarumtall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus saccharum, saccharum
Catalangenus saccharum, saccharum

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