Meaning Of The Word -aceous
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What's The Definition Of -aceous?
-aceous in American English
suffix: a suffix with the meanings “resembling, having the nature of,” “made of,” occurring in loanwords from Latin ( cretaceous; herbaceous) and forming adjectives in English on the Latin model (ceraceous), esp. adjectival correspondents to taxonomic names endin -aceous in British English of the nature of, like, belonging to, producing, or characterized by suffix forming adjectives: relating to, belonging to, having the nature of, or resembling |
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