Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graminoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
graminoid
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant with elongate leaves and minute flowers, such as a grass, sedge or rush.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more graminoid (comparative) most graminoid (superlative) graminoids (plural)

Questions

What does graminoid mean?
resembling the grasses
Where does graminoid come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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