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Definition: Dactyloctenium

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae.[Wordnet].

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Date "Dactyloctenium" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1941. (references)

Common Expressions: Dactyloctenium

Expressions Definition
Dactyloctenium aegypticum A creeping grass with spikes like fingers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Dactyloctenium A monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Specialty Expressions: Dactyloctenium

Expressions Domain Definition
Dactyloctenium aegyptium Botanical The seeds serve as a grain source. (references)

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Extended Definition: Dactyloctenium

Dactyloctenium

Dactyloctenium
Egyptian Grass (Dactyloctenium aegyptium) flowers
Egyptian Grass (Dactyloctenium aegyptium) flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Dactyloctenium
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Species

About 10, see text

Dactyloctenium is a grass genus in the family Poaceae. The approximately ten species in this genus are collectively known as crowfoot grasses. They are mainly native to Africa and Australia.

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