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crassulacean

crassulacean adjective: of or pertaining to the family Crassulaceae of dicotyledons.

Adjective

crassulacean (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the family Crassulaceae of dicotyledons.
    • His description of crassulacean acid metabolism, wherein cacti, yuccas, agaves and sedums open their stomata at night when it’s cooler in order to “bind carbon dioxide on special molecules much like we bind oxygen on hemoglobin in our blood” had me on edge for hours.2009 May 31, Dominique Browning, “Gardening Books”, in New York Times

Origin of crassulacean

Crassulaceae + -an

Words formed from crassulacean

  • crassulacean acid metabolism

Questions about crassulacean

What does crassulacean mean?
Crassulacean means of or pertaining to the family Crassulaceae of dicotyledons.
What part of speech is crassulacean?
Crassulacean is an adjective.

Words near crassulacean in the dictionary

  1. crassitudes
  2. crassly
  3. crassness
  4. crassnesses
  5. crassula
  6. crassulacean
  7. crassulaceous
  8. crassulas
  9. crassulescent
  10. Crassus
  11. Craster

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