genus cenchrus

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   a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs

   SynonymsCenchrus

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofGramineae

Questions about genus cenchrus

What does genus cenchrus mean?

genus cenchrus means "a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs".

What is another word for genus cenchrus?

Close synonyms include Cenchrus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cenchrus a common word?

genus cenchrus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.