gramineous

[ gruh-min-ee-uhs ]

adjective

1. grasslike.
2. belonging to the Gramineae family of plants.

gramineous

/ ɡrəˈmɪnɪəs /

adjective

1. resembling a grass; grasslike Alsograminaceousˌɡræmɪˈneɪʃəs

Other Words From

• gra·mine·ous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gramineous¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gramineous¹

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

Example Sentences

Those whose food is succulent grow more rapidly than those which have for their food dry gramineous plants and coriaceous lichens.

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We have in pastures a mixture of plants belonging both to the gramineous and leguminous classes, as well as a variety of weeds.

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Sugar itself does not exist in gramineous substances; they only contain its elements, or first principles, which produce it.

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The seed of1442 Secale cereale, a gramineous plant, the native country of which is undetermined.

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Europe is indebted to America for this valuable gramineous plant.

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