Hilaria

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === 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; Hilaria berlangeri (curly mesquite), Hilaria jamesii (James' galleta), Hilaria mutica (tobosagrass), Hilaria rigida (big galleta) – selected other species === References === Hilaria (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Hilaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Hilaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /hɪˈlɛɹi.ə/ Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə === Proper noun === Hilaria (historical) Ancient Roman religious festivals celebrated on the March equinox (northward 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.