pennisetum | (n) a genus of Old World grasses, Syn. genus Pennisetum |
asian longhorned beetle | (n) a beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees; lives inside the tree; no natural predators in the United States, Syn. Anoplophora glabripennis |
buffel grass | (n) erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage, Syn. Cenchrus ciliaris, Pennisetum cenchroides |
feathertop | (n) northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles, Syn. Pennistum villosum, feathertop grass |
fountain grass | (n) tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia, Syn. Pennisetum setaceum, Pennisetum ruppelii |
great auk | (n) large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct, Syn. Pinguinus impennis |
pearl millet | (n) tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer, Syn. Pennisetum Americanum, bulrush millet, Pennisetum glaucum, cattail millet |
spruce bark beetle | (n) small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree, Syn. Dendroctonus rufipennis |
大海烏 | [おおうみがらす;オオウミガラス, ooumigarasu ; ooumigarasu] (n) (uk) great auk (Pinguinus impennis) [Add to Longdo] |
唐人稗 | [とうじんびえ;トウジンビエ, toujinbie ; toujinbie] (n) (uk) pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) [Add to Longdo] |
道芝 | [みちしば, michishiba] (n) (1) roadside grass; roadside weeds; (2) guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; guide; (3) (See 力芝) Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) [Add to Longdo] |
力芝 | [ちからしば;チカラシバ, chikarashiba ; chikarashiba] (n) (uk) Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) [Add to Longdo] |
螳螂;蟷螂;鎌切 | [かまきり;とうろう(螳螂;蟷螂);いもじり(蟷螂);いいぼむしり(蟷螂);カマキリ, kamakiri ; tourou ( tourou ; tourou ); imojiri ( tourou ); iibomushiri ( tourou ); ] (n) (uk) (occ. written 杜父魚) praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis) [Add to Longdo] |