genus chloris

1. 1.

   tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass

   SynonymsChloris

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofGramineae

Questions about genus chloris

What does genus chloris mean?

genus chloris means "tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass".

What is another word for genus chloris?

Close synonyms include Chloris. 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 chloris a common word?

genus chloris 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.