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- proper noun A taxonomic
subfamily within thefamily Poaceae — very manygrasses , including manycereals .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In a related finding, the scientists attempt to explain the dominance of a lineage of C3 grasses, called Pooideae, in northern, cold areas of the globe, such as the Mongolian steppes.
D Mag - News 2010
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With more than 3,000 species, the Pooideae is the largest grass subfamily.
innovations-report 2010
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With more than 3,000 species, the Pooideae is the largest grass subfamily.
innovations-report 2010
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The "cool season" cereal, forage and turf grasses, of which Brachypodium is a member, are part of the Pooideae subfamily, and the last of three important subfamilies of grasses to have one of their genomes sequenced.
innovations-report 2010
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Brachypodium, a member of the Pooideae subfamily, is a wild annual grass endemic to the Mediterranean and Middle East
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Three subfamilies of grasses, the Ehrhartoideae, Panicoideae and Pooideae, provide the bulk of human nutrition and are poised to become major sources of renewable energy.
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The "cool season" cereal, forage and turf grasses, of which Brachypodium is a member, are part of the Pooideae subfamily, and the last of three important subfamilies of grasses to have one of their genomes sequenced.
innovations-report 2010
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Most cool season cereal, forage and turf grasses belong to the Pooideae subfamily, which is also the largest grass subfamily.
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Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium), which is, to our knowledge, the first member of the Pooideae subfamily to be sequenced.
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Climatically speaking, the cool-climate Pooideae are really the grasses that are doing something very different. "
D Mag - News 2010
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