graminoid
English
Etymology
Latin grāmen (“grass”) + -oid
Adjective
graminoid (comparative more graminoid, superlative most graminoid)
- resembling the grasses
Noun
graminoid (plural graminoids)
- Plants with elongate leaves and minute flowers, specifically grasses, sedges and rushes.
- Graminoids adapted to mesic sites dominate the understory.