Definition of gramineae Gramineae
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| gramineae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane | ||
| family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family | ||
| liliopsid family, monocot family family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed | ||
| graminales, order graminales grasses; sedges; rushes | ||
| graminaceous plant, gramineous plant cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves | ||
| aegilops, genus aegilops goat grass | ||
| agropyron, genus agropyron perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass | ||
| agrostis, genus agrostis annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland) | ||
| alopecurus, genus alopecurus annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds | ||
| andropogon, genus andropogon tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions | ||
| arrhenatherum, genus arrhenatherum oat grass | ||
| arundo, genus arundo any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds | ||
| avena, genus avena oats | ||
| bromus, genus bromus a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae | ||
| bouteloua, genus bouteloua forage grasses | ||
| buchloe, genus buchloe buffalo grass | ||
| calamagrostis, genus calamagrostis reed grass | ||
| cenchrus, genus cenchrus a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs | ||
| chloris, genus chloris tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass | ||
| cortaderia, genus cortaderia tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass | ||
| cynodon, genus cynodon creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa | ||
| dactylis, genus dactylis a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species) | ||
| dactyloctenium, genus dactyloctenium a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae | ||
| digitaria, genus digitaria crab grass; finger grass | ||
| echinochloa, genus echinochloa annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions | ||
| eleusine, genus eleusine annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands | ||
| elymus, genus elymus tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye) | ||
| eragrostis, genus eragrostis annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics | ||
| erianthus, genus erianthus genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs | ||
| festuca, genus festuca a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae | ||
| genus glyceria, glyceria manna grass | ||
| genus holcus, holcus a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America | ||
| genus hordeum, hordeum annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley | ||
| genus leymus, leymus genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus | ||
| genus lolium, lolium darnel; ryegrass | ||
| genus muhlenbergia, muhlenbergia a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia | ||
| genus oryza, oryza rice | ||
| genus oryzopsis, oryzopsis rice grass | ||
| genus panicum, panicum panic grass | ||
| genus paspalum a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions | ||
| genus pennisetum, pennisetum a genus of Old World grasses | ||
| genus phalaris, phalaris a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers | ||
| genus phleum, phleum grasses native to temperate regions | ||
| genus phragmites, phragmites reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions | ||
| genus poa, poa chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions | ||
| meadow grass, meadowgrass any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture | ||
| genus saccharum, saccharum tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane | ||
| genus schizachyrium, schizachyrium overlaps the genus Andropogon | ||
| genus secale, secale cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye | ||
| genus setaria, setaria annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses | ||
| millet small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica | ||
| genus sorghum, sorghum annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum | ||
| genus spartina, spartina grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands | ||
| genus sporobolus, sporobolus cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass) | ||
| genus stenotaphrum, stenotaphrum lawn grasses | ||
| genus triticum, triticum annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions | ||
| genus zea, zea corn | ||
| genus zizania, zizania wild rice | ||
| genus zoisia, genus zoysia, zoisia lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- gramineae, noun, singular of gramineaes.
