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Bromus

noun

a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae

• Syn: ↑genus Bromus

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑brome, ↑bromegrass

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\\ˈbrōməs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin bromos oats, from Greek

: a large genus of grasses (family Gramineae) that are native to temperate regions, comprise the bromegrasses, and have large often drooping spikelets and lemmas usually awned near the 2-toothed apex

Useful english dictionary. 2012.