genus Phleum

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genus Phleum - grasses native to temperate regionsPhleumliliopsid 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 caneherd's grass, Phleum pratense, timothy - grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay