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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A plant with elongate leaves and minute flowers, such as a grass, sedge or rush.

   "Graminoids adapted to mesic sites dominate the understory."

Adjective

1. 1
   resembling the grasses

Example

More examples

"Graminoids adapted to mesic sites dominate the understory."

Etymology

From Latin grāmen (“grass”) + -oid.

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