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gemmaceous

gemmaceous adjective: relating to, or containing, gemmae.

Adjective

gemmaceous (comparative more gemmaceous, superlative most gemmaceous)

  1. Relating to, or containing, gemmae.
    • gemmaceous anemone

Forms of gemmaceous

comparativemore gemmaceous
superlativemost gemmaceous

Origin of gemmaceous

From Latin gemma + -aceous.

Questions about gemmaceous

What does gemmaceous mean?
Gemmaceous means relating to, or containing, gemmae.
What part of speech is gemmaceous?
Gemmaceous is an adjective.

Words near gemmaceous in the dictionary

  1. gemistocytomas
  2. gemless
  3. gemlike
  4. gemm
  5. gemma
  6. gemmaceous
  7. gemmae
  8. gemmal
  9. gemman
  10. gemmary
  11. gemmas

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