genus festuca

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   a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae

   SynonymsFestuca

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofGramineae

Questions about genus festuca

What does genus festuca mean?

genus festuca means "a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae".

What is another word for genus festuca?

Close synonyms include Festuca. 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 festuca a common word?

genus festuca 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.