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Definition: Eleusine indica

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere.[Wordnet].

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

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Extended Definition: Eleusine indica


Eleusine indica

Eleusine indica
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Tribe: Eragrostideae
Genus: Eleusine
Species: E. indica
Binomial name
Eleusine indica
(L.) Gaertn.

Eleusine indica (Indian goosegrass, Wiregrass, Crowfootgrass) is an invasive species in the grass family Poaceae. It is a perennial plant of disturbed places, and its distribution is cosmopolitan in warm regions. It is very persistent.

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