单词 | acinaceous |
释义 | acinaceous in British English (ˌæsɪˈneɪʃəs) adjective botany containing or consisting of kernels, particularly the seeds or stones of grapes acinaceous in American English (ˌæsəˈneiʃəs) adjective Botany having many small seeds, as a grape Word origin [1765–75; acin(us) + -aceous]This word is first recorded in the period 1765–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backwash, bonus, civilization, lightweight, pile driver-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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