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bombacaceous

bombacaceous adjective: belonging to the now disused family Bombacaceae (now the much-reduced subfamily Bombacoideae in Malvaceae).

Adjective

bombacaceous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the now disused family Bombacaceae (now the much-reduced subfamily Bombacoideae in Malvaceae).

Origin of bombacaceous

Bombacaceae + -ous

Questions about bombacaceous

What does bombacaceous mean?
Bombacaceous means belonging to the now disused family Bombacaceae (now the much-reduced subfamily Bombacoideae in Malvaceae).
What part of speech is bombacaceous?
Bombacaceous is an adjective.

Words near bombacaceous in the dictionary

  1. bomb-proof
  2. bomb-thrower
  3. bomb-throwers
  4. bomba
  5. bombable
  6. bombacaceous
  7. bombace
  8. bombaceous
  9. bombachas
  10. Bombah Point
  11. Bombala

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