arundinaceous

[ uh-ruhn-duh-ney-shuhs ]

adjectiveBotany.

pertaining to or like a reed or cane; reedlike; reedy.

Origin of arundinaceous

1650–60; <New Latin, equivalent to Latin (h)arundin- (stem of harundō reed) + -āceus-aceous

Words Nearby arundinaceous

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How to use arundinaceous in a sentence

The continental form, Acrocephalus arundinaceous, is apparently closest to the ancestral stock of these oceanic birds.
The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 | Rollin H. Baker

British Dictionary definitions for arundinaceous

arundinaceous

/ (əˌrʌndɪˈneɪʃəs) /

adjective

botany resembling a reed

Origin of arundinaceous

C17: from Latin harundināceus, from harundō a reed

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