family Poaceae

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family Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar canefamily Graminaceae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceaeliliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedGraminales, order Graminales - grasses; sedges; rushesgraminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leavesAegilops, genus Aegilops - goat grassAgropyron, genus Agropyron - perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grassAgrostis, genus Agrostis - annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)Alopecurus, genus Alopecurus - annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weedsAndropogon, genus Andropogon - tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regionsArrhenatherum, genus Arrhenatherum - oat grassArundo, genus Arundo - any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reedsAvena, genus Avena - oatsBromus, genus Bromus - a genus of grasses of the family GramineaeBouteloua, genus Bouteloua - forage grassesBuchloe, genus Buchloe - buffalo grassCalamagrostis, genus Calamagrostis - reed grassCenchrus, genus Cenchrus - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have bursChloris, genus Chloris - tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grassCortaderia, genus Cortaderia - tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grassCynodon, genus Cynodon - creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern AfricaDactylis, genus Dactylis - a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)Dactyloctenium, genus Dactyloctenium - a monocotyledonous genus of the family GramineaeDigitaria, genus Digitaria - crab grass; finger grassEchinochloa, genus Echinochloa - annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regionsEleusine, genus Eleusine - annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslandsElymus, genus Elymus - tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye)Eragrostis, genus Eragrostis - annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropicsErianthus, genus Erianthus - genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairsFestuca, genus Festuca - a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineaegenus Glyceria, Glyceria - manna grassgenus Holcus, Holcus - a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in Americagenus Hordeum, Hordeum - annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barleygenus Leymus, Leymus - genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymusgenus Lolium, Lolium - darnel; ryegrassgenus Muhlenbergia, Muhlenbergia - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asiagenus Oryza, Oryza - ricegenus Oryzopsis, Oryzopsis - rice grassgenus Panicum, Panicum - panic grassgenus Paspalum - a genus of perennial grasses of warm regionsgenus Pennisetum, Pennisetum - a genus of Old World grassesgenus Phalaris, Phalaris - a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowersgenus Phleum, Phleum - grasses native to temperate regionsgenus Phragmites, Phragmites - reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regionsgenus Poa, Poa - chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regionsmeadow grass, meadowgrass - any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisturegenus Saccharum, Saccharum - tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcanegenus Schizachyrium, Schizachyrium - overlaps the genus Andropogon