n. 1. the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane. Syn. -- family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. Gramineous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. gramineus, fr. gramen, graminis, grass. ] (Bot.) Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]