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Arundo

noun

any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds

• Syn: ↑genus Arundo

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑giant reed, ↑Arundo donax

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\\əˈrən(ˌ)dō\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin arundo, harundo reed

: a small genus of coarse tall grasses found in most warm countries and having conspicuous 2-ranked long leaves and an erect panicle up to 2 feet or more in length — see giant reed

Useful english dictionary. 2012.