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Oryzopsis

noun

rice grass

• Syn: ↑genus Oryzopsis

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑ricegrass, ↑rice grass

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\\ˌȯrəˈzäpsə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from oryz- + -opsis

: a genus of American tufted grasses with open panicles composed of one-flowered spikelets remotely suggesting rice — see mountain rice, silk grass

Useful english dictionary. 2012.