Translingual

Lolium temulentum

Proper noun

Lolium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – tufted grasses that include the ryegrasses.

Synonyms

• (genus of grasses): darnel, tares

Hypernyms

• (genus of grasses): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Pooideae - subfamily; Poeae - tribe; Loliinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) - type species; Lolium canariense (Canary Islands ryegrass), Lolium edwardii, Lolium multiflorum (Italian ryegrass), Lolium persicum (Persian ryegrass or Persian darnel), Lolium remotum, Lolium rigidum (stiff darnel, wimmera ryegrass), Lolium temulentum (darnel, poison darnel) - other species

English

Noun

lolium ‎(plural loliums)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Lolium of ryegrasses.

Latin

Etymology

Unknown

PRonunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.li.um/, [ˈɫɔ.li.ũ]

Noun

lolium n ‎(genitive loliī); second declension

1. darnel, tare, cockle, lolium

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• loliāceus
• loliārius

Descendants

References

• lolium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lolium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lolium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.