"graminoid" meaning in English

See graminoid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more graminoid [comparative], most graminoid [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin grāmen (“grass”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰreh₁-}}, {{der|en|la|grāmen||grass}} Latin grāmen (“grass”), {{suffix|en||oid}} + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} graminoid (comparative more graminoid, superlative most graminoid)
  1. resembling the grasses
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Noun

Forms: graminoids [plural]
Etymology: From Latin grāmen (“grass”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰreh₁-}}, {{der|en|la|grāmen||grass}} Latin grāmen (“grass”), {{suffix|en||oid}} + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} graminoid (plural graminoids)
  1. A plant with elongate leaves and minute flowers, such as a grass, sedge or rush. Categories (lifeform): Plants
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Inflected forms

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