fabaceous
/fəˈbeɪʃəs/
fabaceous adjective: having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
Adjective (1)
fabaceous (comparative more fabaceous, superlative most fabaceous)
- Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
- The fabaceous plants rank second only to the grasses in value as ministrants to the economy of animal life, for they produce food for man and beast in vast abundance, and generally speaking, the aliments derived from this family are of the highest character in point of nourishing power, all of them...1870, Shirley Hibberd, Field Flowers a Handy-book for the Rambling Botanist ..., page 78
Adjective (2)
fabaceous (comparative more fabaceous, superlative most fabaceous)
- Belonging to, or characteristic of, the taxonomic family Fabaceae.
Forms of fabaceous
| comparative | more fabaceous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fabaceous |
Origin of fabaceous
Borrowed from Latin fabaceus, from faba (“bean”). By surface analysis, Latin fab(a) + -aceous.
From Translingual Fabaceae + English -ous.
Words that rhyme with fabaceous
- gracious
- sequacious
- tenacious
- vexatious
- hellacious
- herbaceous
- ostentatious
- rapacious
- sebaceous
- vinaceous
- vivacious
- -aceous
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- acanthaceous
- alsinaceous
- audacious
- capacious
- contumacious
- cretaceous
- fallacious
- farinaceous
- flirtatious
- inefficacious
- juglandaceous
- mendacious
- micaceous
- orchidaceous
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- salacious
- saponaceous
- spacious
- strobilaceous
- veracious
- voracious
- Acacius
- acinaceous
- alliaceous
- amentaceous
- amylaceous
- annonaceous
- apocynaceous
- argillaceous
- atramentaceous
- avenaceous
- bardacious
- bulbaceous
- camphoraceous
- camphrous
- carbonaceous
- cetaceous
- cucurbitaceous
- curvaceous
- dicacious
- edacious
- efficacious
- erinaceous
- frumentaceous
- lamentacious
- lauraceous
- liliaceous
Questions about fabaceous
- What does fabaceous mean?
- Fabaceous means having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
- What part of speech is fabaceous?
- Fabaceous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fabaceous?
- Fabaceous is pronounced /fəˈbeɪʃəs/.
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