||An`dro*po"gon (?), n. [NL.; Gr.
'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + pw`gwn the
beard.] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of
grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon
grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United
States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A.
sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the
Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom
corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as
A. nardus and A. schœnanthus, yield fragrant oils,
used in perfumery.
||An`dro*po"gon (?), n. [NL.; Gr.
'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + pw`gwn the
beard.] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of
grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon
grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United
States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A.
sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the
Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom
corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as
A. nardus and A. schœnanthus, yield fragrant oils,
used in perfumery.