genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane

hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement

the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane

hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement