"miscanthus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: miscanthuses [plural]
Etymology: From translingual Miscanthus (“genus name”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Miscanthus|t=genus name}} translingual Miscanthus (“genus name”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} miscanthus (plural miscanthuses)
  1. Any of several perennial grasses, of genus Miscanthus, native to subtropical and tropical regions of Africa and southern Asia, which is cultivated as an ornamental plant and is being used as a source of biomass for the production of biofuel. Wikipedia link: miscanthus Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses

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