Akademik

Elymus

noun

tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye)

• Syn: ↑genus Elymus

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑lyme grass, ↑wild rye

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\\-_məs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek elymos millet

: a genus of tall tufted perennial grasses comprising the lyme grasses, having closely flowered terminal flower spikes, and being sometimes used as fodder and to bind loose sandy soil — see wild rye

Useful english dictionary. 2012.