Oryzoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Oryzoid is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to rice-like plants of the Oryzoideae.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to rice-like plants of the Oryzoideae.
More Meanings
- A grass of the subfamily Oryzoideae.
Example Sentences
The oryzoid grasses were studied by the agrostologist.
Their analyses showed paraphyly for the bambusoid group that was close to oryzoids and pooids.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- oryzoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rhizopodous, rhizomorphous, rhizoid, rhizoflagellate, orobanchaceous, orbiliaceous.
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