HyperDic: sporobolus

English > 1 sense of the word Sporobolus:
NOUNplantSporobolus, genus Sporoboluscosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass)
English > Sporobolus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass).
Synonymgenus Sporobolus
Member ofGramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass familyThe grasses
Membersdropseed, drop-seedA grass of the genus Sporobolus
rush grass, rush-grassgrass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles
smut grass, blackseed, carpet grass, Sporobolus poiretiigrass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus sporobolus, sporobolus
Catalangenus sporobolus, sporobolus, Sporobolus

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