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

• 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

The aspect of this valley is peculiarly attractive, for being shaded by forests, it forms a strong contrast with the nudity of the neighbouring mountains, which are bare of trees, and 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

The river is bordered with Lata, a fine gramineous plant with distich leaves, which sometimes reaches the height of thirty feet.*

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

We passed southwards over large tracts of bush and gramineous plants, with patches of small plantations, manioc and thur; and settlements girt by calabash-trees, cocoas, palmyra and oil palms.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In the low and humid places of the equinoxial zone, even when the gramineous plants and reeds present the aspect of a meadow, of turf, a rich decoration of the picture is usually wanting.

From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John