Poaceae

Noun

Meaning

the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane

Source: WordNet

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Bamboos are perennial evergreen flowering plants in the Bambusoideae subfamily of the grass family, Poaceae. Source: Internet

Of these, the Orchidaceae, Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Arecaceae, and Iridaceae are monocot families; Piperaceae, Lauraceae, and Annonaceae are magnoliid (acot); the others are eudicot. Source: Internet

Within the order, by far the most important family economically is the family of grasses (Poaceae, syn. Source: Internet

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