English > Pennisetum: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A genus of Old World grasses. |
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Synonym | genus Pennisetum |
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Member of | Gramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family | The grasses |
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Members | feathertop, feathertop grass, Pennistum villosum | northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles |
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fountain grass, Pennisetum ruppelii, Pennisetum setaceum | tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia |
pearl millet, bulrush millet, cattail millet, Pennisetum glaucum, Pennisetum Americanum | tall grass having cattail like spikes |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | genus pennisetum, pennisetum |
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Catalan | genus pennisetum, pennisetum, Pennisetum |
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