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Pennisetum glaucum vs cereal grass

cereal grass vs Pennisetum glaucum

Pennisetum glaucum and cereal grass both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Pennisetum glaucum Yes No No No
cereal grass Yes No No No
As nouns, cereal grass is a hypernym of Pennisetum glaucum; that is, cereal grass is a word with a broader meaning than Pennisetum glaucum:
  • Pennisetum glaucum: tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer
  • cereal grass: grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
Other hypernyms of Pennisetum glaucum include cereal.
Pennisetum glaucum (noun) cereal grass (noun)
tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
Difference between Pennisetum glaucum and cereal grass

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