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maculose

maculose adjective: having spots on the surface; spotted.

Adjective

maculose (comparative more maculose, superlative most maculose)

  1. Having spots on the surface; spotted

Forms of maculose

comparativemore maculose
superlativemost maculose
alternative formmaculous

Origin of maculose

From Classical Latin maculōsus. By surface analysis, macul(a) + -ose.

Questions about maculose

What does maculose mean?
Maculose means having spots on the surface; spotted.
What part of speech is maculose?
Maculose is an adjective.

Words near maculose in the dictionary

  1. maculopapular
  2. maculopapule
  3. maculopapules
  4. maculopathies
  5. maculopathy
  6. maculose
  7. maculosin
  8. maculous
  9. macumba
  10. macumbas
  11. Macun

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