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Setaria ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Setaria - annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrassesgenus Setarialiliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedfamily Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar canebristle grass, bristlegrass - grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikeletfoxtail millet, Hungarian grass, Italian millet, Setaria italica - coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay, and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States |
Setaria
Setaria a genus of plants of the family Gramineae. The plants are perennial or annual herbs with flat leaf blades. The inflorescence is a cylindrical or, less commonly, somewhat lobular spicate panicle with very short branchlets. The spikelets are two-flowered and surrounded by rough bristles, or setae. There are more than 120 species, distributed in tropical, subtropical, warm-temperate, and—to a lesser extent—temperate regions. The USSR has nine species. Particularly widely distributed are S. glauca and S. viridis, both of which are weeds that contaminate mainly spring crops, for example, millet. The plants occur along garden paths, in sands along rivers, in gravelly areas, and in pine forests. Young plants serve as pasturage for all domestic animals; the grain is readily eaten by domestic fowl. The genus includes a number of important cultivated crops, for example, several varieties of foxtail millet (S. italica). REFERENCEKott, S. A. Sornye rasteniia i bor’ba s nimi, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1961.T. V. EGOROVA Setaria
Setaria (sē-tā'rē-ă, -tar'ē-ă), A nematode genus of the family Stephanofilariidae (superfamily Filarioidea). Adults are long and thin, typically occur in the peritoneal cavity, and produce sheathed microfilariae in the blood that are transmitted to other hosts after cyclic development in appropriate mosquito hosts. They are parasitic in cattle or equines (wild or domestic) and generally are nonpathogenic, although occasionally young worms may wander into the anterior chamber of the eye. [L. seta, a bristle] Setaria Related to Setaria: Setaria italicaSynonyms for Setarianoun annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrassesSynonymsRelated Words- liliopsid genus
- monocot genus
- family Graminaceae
- family Gramineae
- family Poaceae
- Graminaceae
- Gramineae
- grass family
- Poaceae
- bristle grass
- bristlegrass
- foxtail millet
- Hungarian grass
- Italian millet
- Setaria italica
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