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Definition of Genus Erianthus
1. Noun. Genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs.
Exact synonyms: Erianthus
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Member holonyms: Plume Grass, Erianthus Ravennae, Ravenna Grass, Wool Grass
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Member holonyms: Plume Grass, Erianthus Ravennae, Ravenna Grass, Wool Grass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Erianthus
Literary usage of Genus Erianthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indian Linguistic Families of America, North of Mexico by John Wesley Powell (1891)
"... genus Erianthus, and the inference follows that the stalk of the plant was
formerly used for arrow shafts. Red implies that the arrow is always ..."
2. A Manual of the Grasses of New South Wales by Joseph Henry Maiden (1898)
"... from two Greek words signifying resembling a grass of the genus Erianthus.
Vernacular name.—" Satin Top," or " Satin-topped Grass " ; " Blue Grass," the ..."
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