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menthaceous

menthaceous adjective: mint-like (of genus Mentha, tribe Mentheae, or the obsolete family Menthaceae).

Adjective

menthaceous (comparative more menthaceous, superlative most menthaceous)

  1. mint-like (of genus Mentha, tribe Mentheae, or the obsolete family Menthaceae).

Forms of menthaceous

comparativemore menthaceous
superlativemost menthaceous

Origin of menthaceous

Menthaceae + -ous

Questions about menthaceous

What does menthaceous mean?
Menthaceous means mint-like (of genus Mentha, tribe Mentheae, or the obsolete family Menthaceae).
What part of speech is menthaceous?
Menthaceous is an adjective.

Words near menthaceous in the dictionary

  1. Mentering
  2. menteris besar
  3. Menters
  4. mentes reae
  5. mentha
  6. menthaceous
  7. menthadiene
  8. menthane
  9. menthanes
  10. menthas
  11. menthene

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