Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having leaves resembling those of grass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.
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- adjective botany Bearing
leaves that resemble blades ofgrass .
Etymologies
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Latin gramen, graminis, grass + folium leaf.
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Examples
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_Bambusa_ (_Bambusa arundinacea_) is a graminifolious plant -- one of the most charmingly picturesque and useful adornments of Nature bestowed exuberantly on the Philippine Islands.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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