Cortaderia

noun

tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass

• Syn: ↑genus Cortaderia

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑pampas grass, ↑Cortaderia selloana

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\\ˌkȯrd.əˈdirēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from American Spanish cortadera plant with sharp-edged leaves (from Spanish, hot chisel, from cortar to cut, from Latin curtare to shorten, from curtus short) + New Latin -ia — more at curt

: a genus of So. American grasses with tall stems and large silky panicles — see pampas grass

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Cortaderia /kör-tə-dēˈri-ə/

noun

A genus of tall-stemmed S American grasses with large thick panicles

ORIGIN: Am Sp cortadera a plant with sharp-edged leaves