genus elymus

1. 1.

   tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye)

   SynonymsElymus

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofGramineae

Questions about genus elymus

What does genus elymus mean?

genus elymus means "tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye)".

What is another word for genus elymus?

Close synonyms include Elymus. 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 elymus a common word?

genus elymus 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.