Hilaria
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Hilaria f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – curly mesquite, galeta, certain grasses of southwestern US, Mexico, and Guatemala.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Chloridoideae - subfamily; Cynodonteae - tribe; Hilariinae - subtribe
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Hilaria cenchroides - type species
References[edit]
- Hilaria (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hilaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hilaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Hilaria
- (historical) Ancient Roman religious festivals celebrated on the March equinox to honor Cybele.
- (mythology) A legendary saint, daughter of the Roman emperor Zeno, who disguised herself as a man to become a monk and later healed her sister of an ailment.