Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
gramineous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling a
grass
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Examples
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But the graminaceous plants do not usually have bacteria associated with their roots to fix nitrogen from the air.
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"Commonness will prevail," as De Candolle said in speaking of the graminaceous plants.
Amiel's Journal Henri Fr��d��ric Amiel 1885
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Silica, indeed, if at all capable of producing a beneficial effect, ought to be useful to these crops, either by strengthening the straw, or stems of graminaceous plants, or otherwise benefiting them; but, after deducting the amount of silica from the total amount of mineral matters in the wheat produced from one acre, only a trifling quantity of other and more valuable fertilizing ash constituents of plants will be left.
Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject Joseph Harris 1860
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wen yew looks closely, it never ceases to amaze me wut yew can see in the most ordinary of activities. notice here, as this small creature navigates the complex steps of assembling its fud. it has applied a lipid substance to the surface of a set of metallic pans, crafted to hold a mixture of masticated cucurbitacea, sucrose, and finely ground graminaceous seeds.
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