gregarious
- adjective
- /ɡrɪˈɡɛr.i.əs/
Examples
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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.
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The gregarious plants covered the field, creating a vibrant display during the spring.
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In the garden, the gregarious vines sprawled across the trellis, thriving in close proximity to each other.
Synonyms
Living together in groups like ants or coral
Plants or trees that grow very close together and form a crowded group
Plants that grow close together to make thick groups of plants
Antonyms
How Clustered
Surface Forms
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.