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gramineous

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gra⋅min⋅e⋅ous

  [gruh-min-ee-uhs]
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–adjective
1. grasslike.
2. belonging to the Gramineae family of plants.
Compare grass family.

Origin:
1650–60; < L grāmineus pertaining to grass, equiv. to grāmin- (s. of grāmen) grass + -eus -eous

Related forms:
gra⋅min⋅e⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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gra·min·e·ous   (grə-mĭn'ē-əs)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of grasses.

  2. Of or belonging to the grass family.


[From Latin grāmineus, grassy, from grāmen, grāmin-, grass.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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