GRAMINEÆ
\ɡɹamˈɪni͡ə], \ɡɹamˈɪniə], \ɡ_ɹ_a_m_ˈɪ_n_iə]\
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gr[=a]-min'[=e]-[=e], n.pl. the order of grasses.--adjs. GRAMIN[=A]'CEOUS, GRAMIN'EAL, GRAMIN[=E]'OUS, like or pertaining to grass: grassy; GRAMINIF[=O]'LIOUS, bearing leaves; GRAMINIV'OROUS, feeding or subsisting on grass and herbs. [L. gramen, graminis, grass, folium, a leaf, vor[=a]re, to eat greedily.]
By Thomas Davidson
