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Graminales

Graminales

9.9
A group of flowering plants like grasses, sedges and rushes
  • noun
  • /ˌɡræmɪˈneɪlz/
  • Specialized
: graminales
  • The order Graminales contains some of the world’s most important cereal crops.

Examples

  • Botanists classify both wheat and rice in the Graminales.

  • Many prairies are dominated by species from the Graminales order.

  • The Graminales order includes many species of grasses.

  • Did you know that Graminales are essential for many ecosystems?

  • Many prairies are dominated by species from the Graminales order.

  • Botanists classify both wheat and rice in the Graminales.

  • The order Graminales contains some of the world’s most important cereal crops.

Surface Forms

Graminales singular
Graminales plural

Etymology

Graminales comes from the Latin word gramen, meaning 'grass', and the ending -ales, a Latin ending that shows a plant group. So Graminales names the group of grass-like flowering plants, including wheat, rice and many meadow grasses.