Eleusine

See also: eleusine

Translingual

Eleusine coracana

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίς (Eleusís, “Eleusis”), after the ancient Greek town associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries, the initiation rites to the cult of Demeter and Persephone, which is believed to have been based on an older agrarian cult.

Proper noun

Eleusine f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – goosegrasses.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Eleusine coracana (finger millet) - type species; Eleusine floccifolia, Eleusine indica (Indian goosegrass), Eleusine jaegeri, Eleusine multiflora (fat-spike yard grass), Eleusine tristachya (American crowfoot grass) - selected other species
  • For numerous additional species see Eleusine on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Eleusine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eleusine on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eleusine on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Eleusine at USDA Plants database
• Eleusine at The Plant List