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gregarious

gregarious

7.2
Plants that grow in close groups or clusters
  • adjective
  • /ɡrɪˈɡɛr.i.əs/
translation icon : gregario

Examples

  • But Melville's method of information is an extravagant, poetic language, an exalted factuality: The Fin-Back is not gregarious.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Many species of flowers are gregarious, often growing side by side in colorful clusters.

  • The gregarious plants covered the field, creating a vibrant display during the spring.

  • In the garden, the gregarious vines sprawled across the trellis, thriving in close proximity to each other.

Synonyms

colonial
vsgregarious
  • Specialized
8 4.3

Living together in groups like ants or coral

grows near each other without forming a single communal structure
thickset
vsgregarious
6.1

Plants or trees that grow very close together and form a crowded group

grows in groups or clusters but less tightly packed
thicket-forming
vsgregarious
8.0

Plants that grow close together to make thick groups of plants

grows in groups or clusters but with lower density

Antonyms

191 4.6

Being alone and not with other people or things

56 3.8

Far from other places or people and hard to reach

How Clustered

dense
42 2.8
gregarious
7.2
tufted
4.4
scattered
1 3.5
solitary
191 4.6

Surface Forms

gregarious positive

Morphology

gregarious = gregar + ious

The combining form 'gregar-' is not a standalone or productive English word, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from its parts despite the -ious suffix.

Etymology

Gregarious comes from the Latin grex which means 'flock' or 'herd', the same root you see in congregate. So when a plant is called gregarious, it means the plants grow closely together in groups.