oryzoid
oryzoid adjective: of or pertaining to rice-like plants of the Oryzoideae.
Adjective
oryzoid (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to rice-like plants of the Oryzoideae.
- The oryzoid grasses were studied by the agrostologist.
- The fact that bambusoid and oryzoid grasses share certain anatomical features , such as embryo structure and the presence of fusoid and arm cells in the leaf blade, led some sytematists to include the oryzoid grasses with the Bambusoideae.1995, K. M. Wong, The Morphology, Anatomy, Biology, and Classification of Peninsular Malaysian Bamboos
Noun
oryzoid (plural oryzoids)
- A grass of the subfamily Oryzoideae.
- Of the smaller groupings in our classification, the oryzoids represent a small series of closely related genera, whose closest affinities may lie with the bamboos.1977, Harold Trevor Clifford, Identifying Grasses: Data, Methods and Illustrations, page 137
- The Bambusoideae consist of three large groups: the woody bambusoids, represented in our area by tribe Bambuseae Dumor. (including tribe Arundinarieae Ascherson & Graebner); the herbaceous bambusoids, represented by tribes Phareae Stapf and Brachyelytreae Ohwi; and the oryzoids, represented by the...1988, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, page 240
Forms of oryzoid
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Questions about oryzoid
- What does oryzoid mean?
- Oryzoid means of or pertaining to rice-like plants of the Oryzoideae.
- What part of speech is oryzoid?
- Oryzoid can be an adjective or a noun.
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