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noun

Gramineae n.

1.

The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane.

Synonyms: family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family.

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Etymology of 'Gramineae'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gramineae" Quotes from Famous Books

... The gramineae, or grasses, are especially characterized by the large quantities of sugar and silica they contain. The ash of the rice hull, for example, contains ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 • Various

Words linked to "Gramineae" : genus Dactyloctenium, Dactyloctenium, Glyceria, genus Digitaria, genus Aegilops, order Graminales, genus Leymus, Eragrostis, genus Elymus, genus Chloris, Schizachyrium, Buchloe, Zoisia, genus Bromus, Dactylis, genus Holcus, Bambuseae, Zizania, genus Setaria, genus Andropogon, Bromus, Oryzopsis, genus Buchloe, genus Lolium, genus Glyceria, genus Agrostis, genus Hordeum, meadowgrass, gramineous plant, Agrostis, genus Erianthus, tribe Bambuseae, Elymus, Muhlenbergia, Phragmites, genus Cynodon, Aegilops, Phalaris, Arundo, Phleum, genus Paspalum, Leymus, genus Phleum, Saccharum, genus Alopecurus, genus Secale, Graminales, genus Phalaris, monocot family, Erianthus, genus Agropyron, genus Cenchrus, Bouteloua, Calamagrostis, Festuca, genus Echinochloa, genus Saccharum, genus Cortaderia, Poaceae, genus Triticum, Zea, family Poaceae, family Gramineae, Lolium, genus Arrhenatherum, genus Dactylis, Arrhenatherum, Chloris, Spartina, genus Zoysia, genus Festuca, genus Schizachyrium, genus Arundo, grass family, Eleusine, genus Zizania, genus Sorghum, Cortaderia, genus Stenotaphrum, genus Bouteloua, Cynodon, millet, Avena, sorghum, Oryza, Secale, genus Zoisia, Panicum, Agropyron, genus Panicum, genus Sporobolus, genus Poa, Pennisetum, Andropogon, Sporobolus, genus Muhlenbergia, Cenchrus, Graminaceae, Triticum, Echinochloa, Poa, genus Eragrostis, Alopecurus, genus Zea, Stenotaphrum, family Graminaceae, graminaceous plant, meadow grass, genus Calamagrostis, genus Oryzopsis, Holcus, genus Phragmites, genus Avena, genus Spartina

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