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molendinaceous, a. Bot.|məʊlɛndɪˈneɪʃəs|
[f. med.L. molendīn-um mill (see next) + -aceous.]
Of vegetable fruits or seeds: Resembling the sails of a windmill, i.e. having many ‘wings’.
1840Smart, Molendinaceous, shaped as the sail of a mill. 1856in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1900B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 160 Molendinaceous, furnished with large wing-like expansions. In mod. Dicts. |