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byssate

byssate adjective: relating to, or possessing a byssus.

Adjective

byssate (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or possessing a byssus

Origin of byssate

From Latin byssus + -ate.

Words formed from byssate

Questions about byssate

What does byssate mean?
Byssate means relating to, or possessing a byssus.
What part of speech is byssate?
Byssate is an adjective.

Words near byssate in the dictionary

  1. byspeeches
  2. byspel
  3. byssaceous
  4. byssal
  5. byssally
  6. byssate
  7. byssi
  8. byssiferous
  9. byssine
  10. byssinoses
  11. byssinosis

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