noun
any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds
• Syn: ↑genus Arundo
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms:
↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family
• Member Meronyms: ↑giant reed, ↑Arundo donax
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\\əˈrən(ˌ)dō\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a small genus of coarse tall grasses found in most warm countries and having conspicuous 2-ranked long leaves and an erect panicle up to 2 feet or more in length — see giant reed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.