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byssaceous

byssaceous adjective: like byssus; consisting of fine interwoven fibres or threads.

Adjective

byssaceous (comparative more byssaceous, superlative most byssaceous)

  1. Like byssus; consisting of fine interwoven fibres or threads.
    • Some filamentous algae are byssaceous.
    • byssaceous lichens

Forms of byssaceous

comparativemore byssaceous
superlativemost byssaceous

Origin of byssaceous

From byssus + -aceous.

Questions about byssaceous

What does byssaceous mean?
Byssaceous means like byssus; consisting of fine interwoven fibres or threads.
What part of speech is byssaceous?
Byssaceous is an adjective.

Words near byssaceous in the dictionary

  1. Bysouth
  2. Bysouths
  3. byspeech
  4. byspeeches
  5. byspel
  6. byssaceous
  7. byssal
  8. byssally
  9. byssate
  10. byssi
  11. byssiferous

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