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graminaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gram-i-na-ceous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.

Etymology

From oblique stem of Latin grāmen, grāminis (“grass, turf, herb, plant”) + -aceous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more graminaceous (comparative) most graminaceous (superlative)

Derived Forms

nongraminaceous

Synonyms

poaceous gramineous graminous

Questions

What does graminaceous mean?
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
Where does graminaceous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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