Lolium

See also: lolium

Translingual

Lolium temulentum

Etymology

From Latin lolium (“darnel, tares, cockle”).

Proper noun

Lolium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – tufted grasses that include the ryegrasses.

Synonyms

• (genus of grasses): darnel, tare

Hypernyms

• (genus of grasses): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Pooideae - subfamily; Poeae - tribe;  - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): (perennial ryegrass) - type species; (Canary Islands ryegrass), , (Italian ryegrass), (Persian ryegrass or Persian darnel), , (stiff darnel, wimmera ryegrass), Lolium temulentum (darnel, poison darnel) - other species

References

• Lolium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lolium at USDA Plants database