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Annuals Dictionary: Pennisetum

February 10, 2010 By: Annuals Dictionary Category: Annuals Dictionary

Grass family
Gramineae
Pen-i-see’tum. A genus of 80 species of chiefly tropical grasses, some ornamental.

Description
Leaf blades flat and narrow, sometimes colored. Flowers in a spikelike panicle, the spikelets having beneath them bristles, sometimes plumed, often longer than the spikelets.

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