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

tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

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

tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times