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amarantaceous

amarantaceous adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, including the amaranth.

Adjective

amarantaceous (comparative more amarantaceous, superlative most amarantaceous)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, including the amaranth.
    • amarantaceous host plant

Forms of amarantaceous

comparativemore amarantaceous
superlativemost amarantaceous

Questions about amarantaceous

What does amarantaceous mean?
Amarantaceous means of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, including the amaranth.
What part of speech is amarantaceous?
Amarantaceous is an adjective.

Words near amarantaceous in the dictionary

  1. Amara's law
  2. amaracus
  3. Amarag
  4. Amarakaeri
  5. amarant
  6. amarantaceous
  7. Amarante
  8. amaranth
  9. amaranthaceous
  10. amaranthin
  11. amaranthine

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