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Aristida
Aristida
Translingual
Proper noun
Aristida f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – grasses with three awns, known as speargrasses, needlegrasses, or wiregrasses.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Aristidoideae - subfamily; Aristideae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Aristida adscensionis (sixweeks threeawn) - type species; for the very numerous species see Aristida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Aristida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia