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brachypodium

brachypodium noun: any grass of the genus Brachypodium.

Noun

brachypodium (plural brachypodiums)

  1. Any grass of the genus Brachypodium.
    • Then there are the brachypodiums found abundantly in semi-shaded positions, whose awned spikelets are suspended from the gracefully sagging, thin branchings of the panicles, and the elegant glycerias found in damp places.1957, The Bulletin of the Hardy Plant Society, volumes 1-5, page 26
    • These results suggest that CG methylation acts in some unknown way to limit methylation in the other contexts, at least in brachypodium.2016 March 8, “CG Methylation Covaries with Differential Gene Expression between Leaf and Floral Bud Tissues of Brachypodium distachyon”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of brachypodium

pluralbrachypodiums

Origin of brachypodium

From the genus name.

Questions about brachypodium

What does brachypodium mean?
Brachypodium means any grass of the genus Brachypodium.
What part of speech is brachypodium?
Brachypodium is a noun.
What is the plural of brachypodium?
The plural of brachypodium is brachypodiums.

Words near brachypodium in the dictionary

  1. brachyphylline
  2. brachypinacoid
  3. brachypinacoidal
  4. brachypinacoids
  5. brachypodism
  6. brachypodium
  7. brachypodiums
  8. brachypodous
  9. brachypter
  10. brachypteran
  11. brachypterism

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