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ferulaceous

ferulaceous adjective: pertaining to reeds and canes.

Adjective

ferulaceous (comparative more ferulaceous, superlative most ferulaceous)

  1. Pertaining to reeds and canes.
  2. Having a stalk like a reed.
    • ferulaceous plants
    • a ferulaceous caul, of two Cubits heighth, geniculated, and hard1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory

Forms of ferulaceous

comparativemore ferulaceous
superlativemost ferulaceous

Origin of ferulaceous

From Latin ferulaceus, from ferula (“rod”). Compare French férulacé.

Questions about ferulaceous

What does ferulaceous mean?
Ferulaceous means pertaining to reeds and canes.
What part of speech is ferulaceous?
Ferulaceous is an adjective.

Words near ferulaceous in the dictionary

  1. fertoprotective
  2. fertotoxic
  3. fertotoxicity
  4. ferucarbotran
  5. ferula
  6. ferulaceous
  7. ferulae
  8. ferular
  9. ferulars
  10. ferulary
  11. ferulas

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