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Erianthus

noun

genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs

• Syn: ↑genus Erianthus

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑plume grass, ↑Ravenna grass, ↑wool grass, ↑Erianthus ravennae

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\\ˌerēˈan(t)thəs\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek eri wool (short for erion, eirion, diminutive of eiros fleece) + New Latin -anthus

1. capitalized : a genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle clothed with long silky hairs

2. -es : any plant of the genus Erianthus — called also plume grass

Useful english dictionary. 2012.