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Where does “Arundinoideae” come from?

Arundinoideae (Translingual) comes from Translingual -oideae, from Latin -oideus — resembling.

Ancestry of “Arundinoideae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual-oideaeUsed to form the taxonomic names of subfamilies...
2Latin-oideusresembling
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