Hilaria

See also: hilaria, hilaría, and hilária

Translingual

Hilaria cenchroides

Etymology

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Proper noun

Hilaria f

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – curly mesquite, galeta, certain grasses of southwestern US, Mexico, and Guatemala.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Chloridoideae - subfamily; Cynodonteae - tribe; Hilariinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Hilaria cenchroides - type species

References

Hilaria (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hilaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hilaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Proper noun

Hilaria

(historical) Ancient Roman religious festivals celebrated on the March equinox to honor Cybele.
(mythology) A legendary saint, daughter of the Roman emperor Zeno, who disguised herself as a man to become a monk and later healed her sister of an ailment.

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