genus Eragrostis

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genus Eragrostis - annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropicsEragrostisliliopsid 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 canebay grass, love grass - any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion