Muhlenbergia

noun

a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia

• Syn: ↑genus Muhlenbergia

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑nimblewill, ↑nimble Will, ↑Muhlenbergia schreberi

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\\ˌmyülənˈbərjēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Gotthilf H. E. Mühlenberg died 1815 American clergyman and botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of slender often wiry perennial American and Asiatic grasses with small spikelets and capillary awns of some importance in the western United States as forage