gramineous

American  

[gruh-min-ee-uhs] / grəˈmɪn i əs /

adjective

1. grasslike.

2. belonging to the Gramineae family of plants.

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gramineous British  

/ ɡrəˈmɪnɪəs /

adjective

1. Also: graminaceous.  resembling a grass; grasslike

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• gramineousness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of gramineous

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

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.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2017

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

From The Art of Making Whiskey So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain by C. M.

We passed over an immense plain covered with gramineous plants.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Europe is indebted to America for this valuable gramineous plant.

From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Gillmore, Parker