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Phleum

noun

grasses native to temperate regions

• Syn: ↑genus Phleum

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑timothy, ↑herd's grass, ↑Phleum pratense

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\\ˈflēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek phleōs wool-tufted reed

: a genus of grasses that are natives of temperate regions and have dense oblong or terete spike and long mucronate empty glumes — see timothy

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Phleum /flēˈəm/

noun

A small genus of grasses, timothy grass

ORIGIN: Gr phleōs plume-grass

Useful english dictionary. 2012.