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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Glyceria mean?

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

1. manna grass

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS GLYCERIA (noun)

Sense 1

genus Glyceria ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Manna grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Glyceria; Glyceria

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Glyceria"):

manna grass; sweet grass (any of several moisture-loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor)

Holonyms ("genus Glyceria" 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)

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