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Definition of Genus Chloris
1. Noun. Tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass.
Exact synonyms: Chloris
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chloris
Literary usage of Genus Chloris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of an Expedition Into the Interior of Tropical Australia, in Search by Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1848)
"In my ride I found a new grass of the genus Chloris*, something like Chi.
ti-uncata in habit, some starved specimens of Tri- ..."
2. Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg (1894)
"genus Chloris. 31. Chloris sinica (Linn.). Vier Exemplare und ein Nest mit 4 Eiern.
Die Vögel stammen vom Chuan-che, ..."
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