noun
genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs
• Syn: ↑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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.