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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), especially adjectival correspondents to taxonomic names ending in -acea and -aceae: rosaceous.
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Origin of -aceous
<Latin -āceus;see -ous
Words nearby -aceous
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British Dictionary definitions for -aceous
-aceous
suffix forming adjectives
relating to, belonging to, having the nature of, or resemblingherbaceous; larvaceous
Word Origin for -aceous
New Latin, from Latin -āceus of a certain kind; related to -āc, -āx, adjectival suffix
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Scientific definitions for -aceous
-aceous
A suffix used to form adjectives meaning “made of” or “resembling” a particular substance or material, such as silicaceous, containing silicon.
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