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gramineous

[ gruh-min-ee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. belonging to the Gramineae family of plants.


gramineous

/ ɡrəˈmɪnɪəs /

adjective

  1. resembling a grass; grasslike Alsograminaceousˌɡræmɪˈneɪʃəs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • gra·mine·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gramineous1

1650–60; < Latin grāmineus pertaining to grass, equivalent to grāmin- (stem of grāmen ) grass + -eus -eous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gramineous1

C17: from Latin grāmineus of grass, grassy, from grāmen grass
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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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