gramineous
/gruh-min-ee-uhs/US // grəˈmɪn i əs //UK // (ɡrəˈmɪnɪəs) //
严峻的,严峻的挑战,严峻的形势,严峻的考验
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : grasslike.
- : belonging to the Gramineae family of plants.
Examples
Those whose food is succulent grow more rapidly than those which have for their food dry gramineous plants and coriaceous lichens.
We have in pastures a mixture of plants belonging both to the gramineous and leguminous classes, as well as a variety of weeds.
Sugar itself does not exist in gramineous substances; they only contain its elements, or first principles, which produce it.
The seed of1442 Secale cereale, a gramineous plant, the native country of which is undetermined.
Europe is indebted to America for this valuable gramineous plant.
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