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Definition: Agropyron

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Agropyron" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1946. (references)

Common Expressions: Agropyron

Expressions Definition
Agropyron cristatum Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Agropyron intermedium Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Agropyron pauciflorum North American grass cultivated in western United States as excellent forage crop. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Agropyron repens European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Agropyron smithii Valuable forage grass of western United States. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Agropyron subsecundum A wheatgrass with straight terminal awns on the flowering glumes. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Agropyron trachycaulum North American grass cultivated in western United States as excellent forage crop. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Agropyron Perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Agropyron

Agropyron

Agropyron
Agropyron cristatum
Agropyron cristatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Agropyron
Gaertn.
Species

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Agropyron is a genus of grasses (family Poaceae), native to Europe and Asia. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as crested-wheat grasses. In North America, species were introduced.

Species and subspecies

  • Agropyron badamense Drobov
  • Agropyron brownei (Kunth) Tsvelev
  • Agropyron bulbosum Boiss.
  • Agropyron calcis (Connor & Molloy)
  • Agropyron cimmericum Nevski
  • Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
    • Agropyron cristatum subsp. baicalense
    • Agropyron cristatum subsp. cristatum
    • Agropyron cristatum subsp. kazachstanicum
    • Agropyron cristatum subsp. pectinatum
    • Agropyron cristatum var. pluriforme
    • Agropyron cristatum subsp. ponticum
    • Agropyron cristatum subsp. puberulum
    • Agropyron cristatum subsp. sabulosum
  • Agropyron dasyanthum Ledeb.
  • Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schult. - Desert Wheatgrass
  • Agropyron deweyi A.Löve.
  • Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy
  • Agropyron junceiforme - Sand Couch Grass
  • Agropyron krylovianum Schischkin
  • Agropyron michnoi Roshev.
  • Agropyron mongolicum Keng
  • Agropyron praetermissum (Nevski)
  • Agropyron pungens - Sea Couch Grass
  • Agropyron retrofractum Vickery
  • Agropyron subsecundum - Awned Wheatgrass
  • Agropyron tanaiticum~ Nevski
  • Agropyron thomsonii Hook. f.
  • Agropyron uncinatum (Veldk.)
  • Agropyron velutinum~ Nees

See also

  • Wheatgrass

External links

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Topics by Level of Interest: Agropyron

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Agropyron 6     Agropyron 6
Agropyron fragile 5     Agropyron cristatum 5
Agropyron cristatum 5     Agropyron desertorum 4
Agropyron desertorum 4     Agropyron fragile 5
Agropyron mosaic virus 4     Agropyron mosaic virus 4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: Agropyron
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Expression

 dog grass, genus Agropyron.
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Computed Synonyms: Agropyron

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.2090   Agropyron     cultivation     culture, education, breeding, farming, tillage   
 2   1.0192   Agropyron     alert     brisk, agile, adroit, quick, keen   
 3   1.0092   Agropyron     prompt     quick, speedy, swift, fast, provoke   
 4   1.0091   Agropyron     Elymus     prompt, alert, quick, swift, bright   
 5   1.0091   Agropyron     speedy     quick, swift, fast, prompt, rapid   
 6   1.0091   Agropyron     bright     clear, brilliant, clever, smart, light   
 7   1.0091   Agropyron     breeding     education, breed, cultivation, upbringing, culture   
 8   1.0090   Agropyron     twitch     jerk, pull, tug, yank, hitch   
 9   1.0090   Agropyron     swift     quick, fast, speedy, rapid, prompt   
 10   1.0090   Agropyron     quickens     incites, whets, encourages, hones, acuminates   
 11   1.0090   Agropyron     fast     quick, swift, rapid, speedy, firm   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: Agropyron

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.0089   Agropyron     quack grass     grass, couch grass, Bermuda grass   
 2   1.0089   Agropyron     white couch     couch grass, quitch grass, creeping wheat   
 3   1.0089   Agropyron     couch grass     quack grass, Bermuda grass, grass   
 4   1.0088   Agropyron     quitch grass     quick grass, couch grass, white couch   
 5   1.0086   Agropyron     creeping wheat     white couch, couch grass, quick grass   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: Agropyron

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Central Danish Kvik (alert, Agropyron, bright, Elymus, fast). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, Agropyron. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish Kvik (alert, Agropyron, bright, Elymus, fast). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, Agropyron. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk Kvik (alert, Agropyron, bright, Elymus, fast). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, Agropyron. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch Kweek (cocksfoot, couch, couch-gras, couch-grass, Agropyron). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Agropyron. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland Kvik (alert, Agropyron, bright, Elymus, fast). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, Agropyron. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Agropyron

Language Translations for “Agropyron” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin Agropyronway (Agropyron). Additional references: Pig Latin, Agropyron. (volunteer)
Terran B Kwik (Agropyron). Additional references: Terran B, Agropyron. (volunteer)
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