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characeous

characeous adjective: belonging to the family Characeae of green algae.

Adjective

characeous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the family Characeae of green algae.

Origin of characeous

Characeae + -ous

Questions about characeous

What does characeous mean?
Characeous means belonging to the family Characeae of green algae.
What part of speech is characeous?
Characeous is an adjective.

Words near characeous in the dictionary

  1. charabancing
  2. charabancs
  3. charaben
  4. characean
  5. characeans
  6. characeous
  7. characid
  8. characids
  9. characiform
  10. characiforms
  11. characin

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