noun
cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass)
• Syn: ↑genus Sporobolus
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms:
↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family
• Member Meronyms:
↑dropseed, ↑drop-seed, ↑smut grass, ↑blackseed, ↑carpet grass, ↑Sporobolus poiretii, ↑rush grass, ↑rush-grass
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\\spəˈräbələs\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek spora, sporos seed + -bolos (from ballein to throw) — more at spore, devil
: a widely distributed genus of grasses having ample panicles with small one-flowered spikelets each with three glumes and grain that separates easily — see dropseed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.