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favose

favose adjective: honeycombed.

Adjective

favose (comparative more favose, superlative most favose)

  1. Honeycombed.
  2. Of or pertaining to the disease favus.

Forms of favose

comparativemore favose
superlativemost favose

Origin of favose

From Latin favus (“honeycomb”) + -ose.

Words formed from favose

Questions about favose

What does favose mean?
Favose means honeycombed.
What part of speech is favose?
Favose is an adjective.

Words near favose in the dictionary

  1. favorous
  2. favors
  3. Favorses
  4. favorsome
  5. favos
  6. favose
  7. favosely
  8. favosite
  9. favositid
  10. favositids
  11. favositoid

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