Gramineae

Definitions of Gramineae
  1. noun
    the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
    synonyms: Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, grass family
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    types:
    Calamagrostis, genus Calamagrostis
    reed grass
    type of:
    liliopsid family, monocot family
    family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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