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cassideous

cassideous adjective: shaped like a helmet; applied to a corolla with a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

Adjective

cassideous (comparative more cassideous, superlative most cassideous)

  1. (archaic) Shaped like a helmet; applied to a corolla with a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

Forms of cassideous

comparativemore cassideous
superlativemost cassideous

Origin of cassideous

Latin cassis meaning "helmet".

Questions about cassideous

What does cassideous mean?
Cassideous means shaped like a helmet; applied to a corolla with a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.
What part of speech is cassideous?
Cassideous is an adjective.

Words near cassideous in the dictionary

  1. cassiatannins
  2. cassican
  3. cassicans
  4. cassid
  5. Cassiday
  6. cassideous
  7. cassidine
  8. cassidines
  9. cassidoid
  10. cassidoids
  11. cassidonies

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