"Eleusine" meaning in All languages combined

See Eleusine on Wiktionary

Proper name [Translingual]

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. Etymology templates: {{der|mul|grc|Ἐλευσίς||Eleusis}} Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίς (Eleusís, “Eleusis”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Eleusine|nogendercat=1}} Eleusine f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – goosegrasses. Wikipedia link: Eleusinian Mysteries Tags: feminine 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
    Sense id: en-Eleusine-mul-name-53voztR4 Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Plantae (english: kingdom), Viridiplantae (english: subkingdom), Streptophyta (english: infrakingdom), Embryophyta (english: superphylum), Tracheophyta (english: phylum), Spermatophytina (english: subphylum), angiosperms, monocots, commelinids (english: clades), Poales (english: order), Poaceae (english: family), Chloridoideae (english: subfamily), Eragrostideae (english: tribe)

Download JSON data for Eleusine meaning in All languages combined (2.6kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἐλευσίς",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Eleusis"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίς (Eleusís, “Eleusis”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "Eleusine",
        "nogendercat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Eleusine f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mul",
          "name": "Taxonomic names (genus)",
          "orig": "mul:Taxonomic names (genus)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – goosegrasses."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "english": "superkingdom",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Eukaryota"
        },
        {
          "english": "kingdom",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Plantae"
        },
        {
          "english": "subkingdom",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Viridiplantae"
        },
        {
          "english": "infrakingdom",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Streptophyta"
        },
        {
          "english": "superphylum",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Embryophyta"
        },
        {
          "english": "phylum",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Tracheophyta"
        },
        {
          "english": "subphylum",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Spermatophytina"
        },
        {
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "angiosperms"
        },
        {
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "monocots"
        },
        {
          "english": "clades",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "commelinids"
        },
        {
          "english": "order",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Poales"
        },
        {
          "english": "family",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Poaceae"
        },
        {
          "english": "subfamily",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Chloridoideae"
        },
        {
          "english": "tribe",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Eragrostideae"
        }
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "sense": "(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",
          "word": "For numerous additional species see Eleusine"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-Eleusine-mul-name-53voztR4",
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus#English"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family#English"
        ],
        [
          "Poaceae",
          "Poaceae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "goosegrass",
          "goosegrass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Eleusinian Mysteries"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eleusine"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἐλευσίς",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Eleusis"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίς (Eleusís, “Eleusis”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "Eleusine",
        "nogendercat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Eleusine f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "english": "superkingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Eukaryota"
    },
    {
      "english": "kingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Plantae"
    },
    {
      "english": "subkingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Viridiplantae"
    },
    {
      "english": "infrakingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Streptophyta"
    },
    {
      "english": "superphylum",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Embryophyta"
    },
    {
      "english": "phylum",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Tracheophyta"
    },
    {
      "english": "subphylum",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Spermatophytina"
    },
    {
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "angiosperms"
    },
    {
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "monocots"
    },
    {
      "english": "clades",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "commelinids"
    },
    {
      "english": "order",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Poales"
    },
    {
      "english": "family",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Poaceae"
    },
    {
      "english": "subfamily",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Chloridoideae"
    },
    {
      "english": "tribe",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Eragrostideae"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense": "(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",
      "word": "For numerous additional species see Eleusine"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual proper nouns",
        "Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "mul:Taxonomic names (genus)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – goosegrasses."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus#English"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family#English"
        ],
        [
          "Poaceae",
          "Poaceae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "goosegrass",
          "goosegrass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Eleusinian Mysteries"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eleusine"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.