graminoid

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adjective

resembling the grasses

“Graminoids adapted to mesic sites dominate the understory.”

OriginLatin grāmen, grāminis →
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Meanings

adjectivegraminoid (comparative more graminoid, superlative most graminoid)

comparative more graminoid · superlative most graminoid

  1. resembling the grasses
noungraminoid (plural graminoids)

plural graminoids

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

    Graminoids adapted to mesic sites dominate the understory.

Origin

  1. Latingrāmen, grāminis“grass, turf, herb, plant”
  2. Englishgraminoid

From oblique stem of Latin grāmen, grāminis (“grass, turf, herb, plant”) + -oid.

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“graminoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graminoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “graminoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graminoid.

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