Translingual

Proper noun

Eragrostis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – many tropical grasses, including the love grasses.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Chloridoideae - subfamily; Eragrostideae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): See Wikispecies for the many species

Derived terms

• Eragrostiella

English

Noun

eragrostis ‎(uncountable)

1. Any of several species of grass from the genus Eragrostis; lovegrass.
   • 1969, Bessie Head, When Rain Clouds Gather, Heinemann 1995, p. 28:

     Springing up between the carrot-seed during the first season were the long frail, feathery stalks of the wind-blown eragrostis, a lush sweet grass.