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Phleum
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Phle′um
,p
rop.
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a kind of marsh plant.]
(Bot.)
A genus of grasses, including the timothy (
Phleum pratense
), which is highly valued for hay; cat’s-tail grass. Gray.
Definition 2024
Phleum
Phleum
Translingual
Proper noun
Phleum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – tufted grasses growing to 20-150 cm tall, with cylindrical flowerheads with densely packed spikelets, called timothy and certain catstails.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; BOP clade - clade; Pooideae - subfamily; Aveneae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Phleum alpinum, alpine catstail or alpine timothy; Phleum arenarium, sand catstail or sand timothy; Phleum boissieri; Phleum commutatum; Phleum crypsoides; Phleum echinatum; Phleum exaratum; Phleum gibbum; Phleum hirsutum; Phleum iranicum; Phleum japonicum; Phleum montanum; Phleum paniculatum, British timothy; Phleum phleoides, purple-stem catstail; Phleum pratense, timothy-grass; Phleum subulatum, Italian timothy - selected species (See
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