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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

plant, flora, plant life go
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

vascular plant, tracheophyte go
green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

herb, herbaceous plant go
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem

gramineous plant, graminaceous plant go
cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves

grass go
narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns

cereal, cereal grass go
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat

millet
any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine

noun.plant

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barnyard grass, barn grass, barn millet, Echinochloa crusgalli go
a coarse annual panic grass
Japanese millet, billion-dollar grass, Japanese barnyard millet, sanwa millet, Echinochloa frumentacea go
coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage
yardgrass, yard grass, wire grass, goose grass, Eleusine indica go
coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers
finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, corakan, kurakkan, Eleusine coracana go
East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
panic grass go
any grass of the genus Panicum
sorghum go
economically important Old World tropical cereal grass