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ZOISIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Zoisia mean?

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

1. lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions

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

Dictionary entry details

• ZOISIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Zoisia; genus Zoysia; Zoisia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Zoisia"):

zoysia (any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia)

Holonyms ("Zoisia" 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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