Cortaderia

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Cortaderia - tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grassgenus Cortaderialiliopsid 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 caneCortaderia selloana, pampas grass - tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps

Cortaderia

a genus of perennial grasses of the family Gramineae. There are approximately five species (according to other data, as many as 15), distributed in the tropical and temperate zones of South America and New Zealand. The best-known species is pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana, or Gynerium argenteum), which forms thick mats. Its stalks measure 2 to 3 m tall, and its long, linear leaves are recurved. The plant is dioecious. The inflorescence is a thick, silvery panicle, measuring 30–50 cm long. The plant blooms in autumn and is an ornamental. It is cultivated in Western Europe and North America; in the USSR it is grown primarily in Western Transcaucasia. In South America the leaves of the plant are used in the manufacture of paper.

Cortaderia

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Synonyms for Cortaderia

noun tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass

Synonyms

genus Cortaderia

Related Words

liliopsid genus
monocot genus
family Graminaceae
family Gramineae
family Poaceae
Graminaceae
Gramineae
grass family
Poaceae
Cortaderia selloana
pampas grass