adj
Meaning 1
resembling the grasses
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graminoid
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noun
Meaning 2
A plant with elongate leaves and minute flowers, such as a grass, sedge or rush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Graminoids adapted to mesic sites dominate the understory.
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History
Etymology
From oblique stem of Latin grāmen, grāminis (“grass, turf, herb, plant”) + -oid.
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