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arundinaceous

[uh-ruhn-duh-ney-shuh s]
adjective Botany.
  1. pertaining to or like a reed or cane; reedlike; reedy.
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Origin of arundinaceous

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

arundinaceous

adjective
  1. botany resembling a reed
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Word Origin for arundinaceous

C17: from Latin harundināceus, from harundō a reed
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