单词 | avenaceous |
释义 | avenaceous in British English (ˌævəˈneɪʃəs) adjective belonging to or of the nature of oats or oat grasses avenaceous in American English (ˌævəˈneiʃəs) adjective Botany of or like oats Word origin [1765–75; ‹ L avēnāceus, equiv. to avēn(a) oats + -āceus -aceous]This word is first recorded in the period 1765–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bonus, copperhead, lightweight, pile driver, statement-aceous is a suffix with the meanings “resembling, having the nature of,” “made of,” occurringin loanwords from Latin (cretaceous; herbaceous) and forming adjectives in English on the Latin model (ceraceous), esp. adjectival correspondents to taxonomic names ending in -acea and -aceae (rosaceous) |
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