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juncous

juncous adjective: full of rushes; resembling rushes; juncaceous.

Adjective

juncous (comparative more juncous, superlative most juncous)

  1. Full of rushes; resembling rushes; juncaceous.
    • In the quarries near Brislington are abundance of shells and juncous bodies[…]1819, Abraham Hawkins, Kingsbridge and Salcombe, page 54

Forms of juncous

comparativemore juncous
superlativemost juncous

Origin of juncous

Latin juncosus

Questions about juncous

What does juncous mean?
Juncous means full of rushes; resembling rushes; juncaceous.
What part of speech is juncous?
Juncous is an adjective.

Words near juncous in the dictionary

  1. junckerite
  2. junco
  3. juncoes
  4. juncoid
  5. juncos
  6. juncous
  7. junction
  8. junction box
  9. junction boxes
  10. Junction City
  11. junction detector

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