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lappaceous

lappaceous adjective: resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.

Adjective

lappaceous (comparative more lappaceous, superlative most lappaceous)

  1. Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.

Forms of lappaceous

comparativemore lappaceous
superlativemost lappaceous

Origin of lappaceous

From Latin lappaceus (“burlike”), from lappa (“a bur”).

Questions about lappaceous

What does lappaceous mean?
Lappaceous means resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.
What part of speech is lappaceous?
Lappaceous is an adjective.

Words near lappaceous in the dictionary

  1. Laposkys
  2. Lapougian
  3. Lapp
  4. lapp'd
  5. lappa
  6. lappaceous
  7. lappaconitine
  8. Lappajärvi
  9. lappas
  10. lapped
  11. lapped up

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