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poaceous

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po⋅a⋅ceous

  [poh-ey-shuhs]
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–adjective
belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
Compare grass family.

Origin:
< NL Po(a) the type genus (< Gk póa grass) + -aceous
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