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grasslike

grasslike

3.8
Like grass in look or feel
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡræsˌlaɪk/
translation icon : similar a la hierba
  • The vehicle was constructed of the same grasslike substance, woven together and covered with a high-gloss finish painted in glowing colors, Haplo had noted in the village.
  • grasslike leaves
  • grasslike foliage
  • grasslike plants

Examples

  • The garden was filled with grasslike plants that swayed gently in the breeze.

  • They played complicated physical games on rolling, compacted terrain, matted with grasslike plants and small flowers.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The inn's door was woven out of a heavy, coarse, grasslike substance, similar to hemp.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • All three groups of plants generally have long, narrow, "grasslike" leaves; all three have tiny, nonshowy flowers, so that differences are not readily detected with the naked eye; and all do best in wet or at least damp places.

    Academic text (1992)

  • "She bent to feel the grasslike stalks beneath their feet, then jumped backwards as something small and grayish scuttled away from her hand."

    Fiction book (2002)

  • From previous reports, he knew that the endless green sward represented the climax land-life of the planet: just myriad tiny grasslike florets.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • She admired the grasslike foliage of the plant that resembled a mini lawn.

  • The landscape was dotted with grasslike species, adding a lush green texture to the scenery.

Synonyms

plantlike
vsgrasslike
1 3.9

Having the look of a plant, like leaves or branches

is specific to fine narrow bladed vegetation rather than any plant
grassy-leafed
vsgrasslike
6.1

Having leaves that look like grass

is about resembling the whole plant's appearance or texture
grassy-leaved
vsgrasslike
6.1

Having long narrow leaves that look like grass

is broader covering whole plant resemblance not only leaf shape
turfy
vsgrasslike
4.9

Covered in grass or smelling like grass

focuses on general resemblance rather than being actually covered by turf

How Grasslike

grassy
34 1.0
grasslike
3.8
bladelike
6.3
plantlike
1 3.9

Surface Forms

grasslike positive

Morphology

grasslike = grass (transparent) = grass + like

Formed by the noun 'grass' plus the productive adjectival suffix '-like', so the meaning 'resembling grass' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word grasslike is made of grass and -like, where grass is the plant and -like means 'similar to', as in childlike 'like a child'. Think of thin blades or a soft meadow, so grasslike means 'resembling grass' in look or feel.