Associations to the word «Gramineae»

Wiktionary

GRAMINEAE, proper noun. (obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Poales   — now known as Poaceae - the true grasses.

Dictionary definition

GRAMINEAE, noun. The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope