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Bouteloua

noun

forage grasses

• Syn: ↑genus Bouteloua

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family

• Member Meronyms: ↑grama, ↑grama grass, ↑gramma, ↑gramma grass

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\\ˌbüd.^əlˈüə, ˌbōd.^əlˈōə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Claudio Boutelou died 1848 Spanish botanist

: a large genus of No. American forage grasses distinguished by the one-sided spikes of the inflorescence — see grama

Useful english dictionary. 2012.