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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. 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.