Definitions
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- proper noun obsolete A taxonomic
family within theorder Poales — now known asPoaceae - thegrasses .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The grass family Poaceae (also known as Gramineae) has some 10,000 species and 650 to 900 genera.
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In Brazil linework follows INGE, from which we lump the following classifications: "woody-grass (Gramineae)", "savanna – ombrophilous forest transition", "dense wooded savanna", and small portions of "ombrophilous forest-seasonal forest" which fell within the greater delineation.
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There are over 10 species of rooted plants with water-borne leaves and stems, generally Gramineae that are terrestrial when floodwater is absent, plus opportunistic Cyperaceae.
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Ephedraceae, Labiatae, Gramineae, Compositae, and Leguminosae make up the understory shrubs and perennial grass of this ecoregion.
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Tall herbfields grow on well-developed humus soils, dominated by species of Compositae, Cyperaceae, Gramineae, Juncaceae, Ranunculaceae, and Umbelliferae.
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Alpine communities include dwarf ericaceous shrubs (Ericaceae), dwarf birch (Betula sp.), willow (Salix spp.), grass (Gramineae), lichen, and bare bedrock at elevations above the tree line.
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The cereals from Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture are plants in the grass family, the Gramineae, whose members produce edible and nutritious seeds, the grains.
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The cereals from Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture are plants in the grass family, the Gramineae, whose members produce edible and nutritious seeds, the grains.
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R.Br. Gramineae (Poaceae) syn: P. typhoides (Burm.)
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Amino acid composition of the cereal tef and related species of Eragrostis (Gramineae).
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