noun
grasses; sedges; rushes
• Syn: ↑order Graminales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Commelinidae, ↑subclass Commelinidae
• Member Meronyms:
↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family, ↑Cyperaceae, ↑family Cyperaceae, ↑sedge family
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of monocotyledonous plants including the grasses and sedges that is characterized by small flowers usually arranged in spikelets with the perianth absent or reduced or represented by bristles or scales and with usually ribbon-shaped leaves
Useful english dictionary. 2012.