WordNet
grass family
n. the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane [syn: Gramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae]
Usage examples of "grass family".
In particular, the Fertile Crescent's wheat and barley exemplify the class of crops termed cereals or grains (members of the grass family), while Fertile Crescent peas and lentils exemplify pulses (members of the legume family, which includes beans).
Alzena promised that soon a few trees could be harvested, but for now everyone who wanted furniture made of organic materials had to make do with members of the grass family, fast-growing annuals.