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lepiotaceous

lepiotaceous adjective: belonging to the family Lepiotaceae, now subsumed into Agaricaceae.

Adjective

lepiotaceous (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Belonging to the family Lepiotaceae, now subsumed into Agaricaceae.

Origin of lepiotaceous

From taxonomic name Lepiotaceae + -ous.

Questions about lepiotaceous

What does lepiotaceous mean?
Lepiotaceous means belonging to the family Lepiotaceae, now subsumed into Agaricaceae.
What part of speech is lepiotaceous?
Lepiotaceous is an adjective.

Words near lepiotaceous in the dictionary

  1. Lepine
  2. Lepines
  3. Leping
  4. Lepinski
  5. Lepinskis
  6. lepiotaceous
  7. lepiotoid
  8. lepirudin
  9. lepismatid
  10. lepismatids
  11. lepismid

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