Meaning Of The Word -aceous

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-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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