PENNISETUM GLAUCUM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pennisetum glaucum mean? 

• PENNISETUM GLAUCUM (noun)
  The noun PENNISETUM GLAUCUM has 1 sense:

1. tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer

  Familiarity information: PENNISETUM GLAUCUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENNISETUM GLAUCUM (noun)

Meaning:

Tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bulrush millet; cattail millet; pearl millet; Pennisetum Americanum; Pennisetum glaucum

Hypernyms ("Pennisetum glaucum" is a kind of...):

cereal; cereal grass (grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet)

Holonyms ("Pennisetum glaucum" is a member of...):

genus Pennisetum; Pennisetum (a genus of Old World grasses)