gramineous

[ gruh-min-ee-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

gramineous

/ ɡrəˈmɪnɪəs /

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

C17: from Latin grāmineus of grass, grassy, from grāmen grass

Those whose food is succulent grow more rapidly than those which have for their food dry gramineous plants and coriaceous lichens.

We have in pastures a mixture of plants belonging both to the gramineous and leguminous classes, as well as a variety of weeds.

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

The seed of1442 Secale cereale, a gramineous plant, the native country of which is undetermined.

Europe is indebted to America for this valuable gramineous plant.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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