noun
forage grasses
• Syn: ↑genus Bouteloua
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms:
↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family
• Member Meronyms: ↑grama, ↑grama grass, ↑gramma, ↑gramma grass
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\\ˌbüd.əlˈüə, ˌbōd.əlˈōə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Claudio Boutelou died 1848 Spanish botanist
: a large genus of No. American forage grasses distinguished by the one-sided spikes of the inflorescence — see grama
Useful english dictionary. 2012.