GRAMINACEOUS

Etymology

Adjective

graminaceous (comparative more graminaceous, superlative most graminaceous)

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.

Synonyms

• (of, etc, a grass): poaceous, gramineous, graminous

Source: Wiktionary


Gram"i*na"ceous, a. Etym: [L. gramen, graminis, grass.]

Definition: Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as, graminaceous plants.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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