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PHLEUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does Phleum mean?

• PHLEUM (noun)
The noun PHLEUM has 1 sense:

1. grasses native to temperate regions

Familiarity information: PHLEUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PHLEUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Grasses native to temperate regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Phleum; Phleum

Hypernyms ("Phleum" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Phleum"):

herd's grass; Phleum pratense; timothy (grass with long cylindrical spikes frown in northern United States and Europe for hay)

Holonyms ("Phleum" 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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