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gramineous
[ gruh-min-ee-uhs ]
gramineous
/ ɡrəˈmɪnɪəs /
adjective
- resembling a grass; grasslike Alsograminaceousˌɡræmɪˈneɪʃəs
Other Words From
- gra·mine·ous·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of gramineous1
Word History and Origins
Origin of gramineous1
Example Sentences
Nevertheless, the advertisements for allergy medications are full of blooms that don’t cause allergies — a daisy reads better than a gramineous inflorescence.
Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants.
True, only the gramineous and herbaceous substances are in the Bible given to the inferior animals for food, while the fruits are assigned to man.
The bamboo belongs to the gramineous family; it grows in thick groves, in the woods, on the river banks, and wherever it finds a humid soil.
Thus, for example, we may say that gramineous crops so far resemble one another in possessing small capacity for assimilating nitrogen, root crops for assimilating phosphoric acid, and leguminous crops for assimilating potash, and that, consequently, these crops are generally most benefited by the application, respectively, of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash.
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