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-aceous

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or -acean
suff.
    1. Of or relating to: amylaceous.
    2. Resembling or having the nature of: amentaceous.
  2. Belonging to a taxonomic group: orchidaceous.

[From Latin -āceus.]


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  • Suffixes - -aceous: resembling, made of (herbaceous)

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