Coix

See also: coix

Translingual

Coix lacrima-jobi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόϊξ (kóïx, “doum palm, Hyphaene thebaica”).

Proper noun

Coix f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – Job's tears and close relatives, native to southern and eastern Asia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Poaceae – family; Panicoideae - family; Andropogoneae or Sacchareae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Coix lacryma-jobi (Job's tears) - type species; Coix aquatica, Coix gasteenii - other species

References

• Coix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Coix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Coix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Coix at USDA Plants database
• Coix at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Coix at the Catalogue of Life 
• Coix at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Panicoideae at APWeb
• Coix at Plants of the World Online
• Coix at Tropicos