genus Elymus

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genus Elymus - tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye)Elymusliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedfamily Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar canelyme grass - a grass of the genus Elymuswild rye - any of several grasses of the genus Elymus