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Gramineae

🔄 Synonyms of "Gramineae"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
family graminaceaenoun	the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
family gramineaenoun	the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
family poaceaenoun	the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
graminaceaenoun	the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
grass familynoun	the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
poaceae	Poaceae, also called Gramineae, is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gramineae"

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Word	Definition
family graminaceaenoun	the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
family gramineaenoun	the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
family poaceaenoun	the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
graminaceaenoun	the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
grass familynoun	the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
poaceaenoun	Poaceae, also called Gramineae, is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses.
grassnoun	(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
grassesnoun	(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
grassynoun	A locality on King Island, Tasmania, Australia.
gramineous	Of or pertaining to plants in the grass family (Gramineae, Poaceae).
graminaceous	Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
graminivorousnoun	(entomology) That eats grasses and seeds.
leguminosaenoun	a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies caesalpiniaceae; mimosaceae; papilionaceae
gymnospermaenoun	plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (gymnospermae) and in others a division (gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): cycadophytina (class cycadopsida) and gnetophytina (class gnetopsida) and coniferophytina (class coniferopsida); in some classifications the coniferophytina are divided into three groups: pinophytina (class pinopsida) and ginkgophytina (class ginkgopsida) and taxophytina (class taxopsida)
angiospermaenoun	comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (angiospermae) and in others a division (magnoliophyta or anthophyta)
plantaginaceaenoun	Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove.
musaceaenoun	a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with about 91 known species, placed in the order Zingiberales.
cruciferaenoun	plants with four-petaled flowers
cornaceaenoun	a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales.
chlorophyceaenoun	one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology.