Sporobolus

noun

cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass)

• Syn: ↑genus Sporobolus

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family

• Member Meronyms:

↑dropseed, ↑drop-seed, ↑smut grass, ↑blackseed, ↑carpet grass, ↑Sporobolus poiretii, ↑rush grass, ↑rush-grass

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\\spəˈräbələs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek spora, sporos seed + -bolos (from ballein to throw) — more at spore, devil

: a widely distributed genus of grasses having ample panicles with small one-flowered spikelets each with three glumes and grain that separates easily — see dropseed