graminales

Thân thiện

A botanist carefully examines a specimen of graminales in a meadow.

Definition

Noun (used with a singular or plural verb) A former taxonomic order of monocotyledonous plants, primarily comprising grasses, sedges, and rushes. This classification is now largely obsolete in modern botanical taxonomy.

Usage

The term is used in historical or specialized botanical contexts to refer to a group of grass-like plants. * Early 20th-century botanical texts often classified these plants under the order Graminales. * The Graminales were characterized by their small, wind-pollinated flowers.

Advanced Usage

• The order Graminales is considered an artificial grouping. In contemporary systems like the APG (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group), these plants are distributed across orders such as Poales (grasses, sedges, rushes) and Cyperales.

Variants and Related Words

• Gramineae: (noun) The former family name for grasses, now largely replaced by Poaceae.
• Graminoid: (adjective) Resembling or relating to grass; having a grass-like form.
• Graminivorous: (adjective) Feeding on grasses and grains.

Synonyms

• Grasses and allies (descriptive, non-taxonomic)
• Grass-like monocots (descriptive, non-taxonomic)

Different Meanings

This word has a single, specific botanical meaning with no significant idiomatic or common usage variations.

Học thuật

Noun

1. grasses; sedges; rushes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Graminales
• order Graminales