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单词 gramineous
释义

gramineousadj.

/ɡreɪˈmɪnɪəs/
Etymology: < Latin grāmineus ( < grāmin-, grāmen grass) + -ous suffix.
Of or pertaining to grass; resembling grass; grassy; spec. belonging to the family Gramineæ.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective] > full of or abounding in herbaceous plants > of or relating to grass
grassy1590
graminosous1623
gramineal1658
gramineous1658
graminose1727
graminous1769
graminaceous1847
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Gramineous, or Gramineal, grassie or made of grasse. Whence in later Dicts.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 73 Gramineous Plants not used by men for Food, may be distributed into such as are more properly called Grasses [etc.].
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 169 From the top rises a long gramineous spike.
1881 A. Elwes tr. A. de S. Pinto How I crossed Afr. I. v. 101 It flows through vast plains, slightly undulated and clothed with gramineous plants.

Derivatives

graˈmineousness n.
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1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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