graminacee

Definitions of graminacee
  1. noun
    cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves
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    erba
    narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
    bambù
    woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
    agrostide
    grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
    segala
    any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
    cereale
    grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
    type of:
    erba
    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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