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glycerous

glycerous adjective: of or pertaining to glycerine.

Adjective

glycerous (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to glycerine.

Origin of glycerous

From glycerine + -ous.

Questions about glycerous

What does glycerous mean?
Glycerous means of or pertaining to glycerine.
What part of speech is glycerous?
Glycerous is an adjective.

Words near glycerous in the dictionary

  1. glyceroses
  2. glycerosphingolipid
  3. glycerosphingolipids
  4. glycerotoxin
  5. glycerotoxins
  6. glycerous
  7. glyceroxide
  8. glyceroxides
  9. glyceryl
  10. glyceryl trinitrate
  11. glyceryls

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