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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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