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Dioscoridean

Dioscoridean adjective: of or relating to Pedanius Dioscorides (Ancient Greek: Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης; c. 40–90 AD), Greek physician, pharmacologist, and botanist.

Adjective

Dioscoridean (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Pedanius Dioscorides (Ancient Greek: Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης; c. 40–90 AD), Greek physician, pharmacologist, and botanist.

Questions about Dioscoridean

What does Dioscoridean mean?
Dioscoridean means of or relating to Pedanius Dioscorides (Ancient Greek: Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης; c. 40–90 AD), Greek physician, pharmacologist, and botanist.
What part of speech is Dioscoridean?
Dioscoridean is an adjective.

Words near Dioscoridean in the dictionary

  1. dioscoraceous
  2. dioscoreaceous
  3. dioscorein
  4. dioscoreside
  5. dioscoresides
  6. Dioscoridean
  7. Dioscoridian
  8. dioscorin
  9. dioscorins
  10. Dioscuri
  11. dioscuric

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