GENUS ARRHENATHERUM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Arrhenatherum mean? 

• GENUS ARRHENATHERUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS ARRHENATHERUM has 1 sense:

1. oat grass

  Familiarity information: GENUS ARRHENATHERUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ARRHENATHERUM (noun)

Meaning:

Oat grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arrhenatherum; genus Arrhenatherum

Hypernyms ("genus Arrhenatherum" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Arrhenatherum"):

Arrhenatherum elatius; evergreen grass; false oat; French rye; tall meadow grass; tall oat grass (coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage)

Holonyms ("genus Arrhenatherum" is a member of...):

family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)