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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Andropogon \An`dro*po"gon\, n. [NL.; Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man +
pw`gwn the beard.] (Bot.)
A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly
all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon
and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States.
The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including Andropogon
sorghum and Andropogon halepensis, from which have been
derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo
grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet.
Several East Indian species, as Andropogon nardus and
Andropogon sch[oe]nanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in
perfumery.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Andropogon \An`dro*po"gon\, n. [NL.; Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man +
pw`gwn the beard.] (Bot.)
A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly
all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon
and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States.
The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A. sorghum
and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese
sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom
corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian
species, as A. nardus and A. sch[oe]nanthus, yield
fragrant oils, used in perfumery.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Andropogon
n : tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes;
warm regions [syn: genus Andropogon]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
andropogon
n.
(lb en botany) Any member of the grass genus ''Andropogon''.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Andropogon
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Poaceae the bluestems and similar grasses)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
andropogon
n.
(lb en botany) Any member of the grass genus ''Andropogon''.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
andropogon
n.
(lb en botany) Any member of the grass genus ''Andropogon''.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Andropogon
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Poaceae the bluestems and similar grasses)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
andropogon
n.
(lb en botany) Any member of the grass genus ''Andropogon''.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Andropogon
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Poaceae the bluestems and similar grasses)
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