graminacée

Definitions of graminacée
  1. noun
    cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves
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    herbe
    narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
    roseau
    tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
    bambou
    woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
    herbe des prés, pâturin
    any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
    céréales
    grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
    type of:
    herbe, plante herbacée
    a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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