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monotropaceous

monotropaceous adjective: belonging to the family Monotropaceae, now usually subfamily Monotropoideae in family Ericaceae, of mostly non-photosynthetic plants.

Adjective

monotropaceous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the family Monotropaceae, now usually subfamily Monotropoideae in family Ericaceae, of mostly non-photosynthetic plants.

Origin of monotropaceous

Monotropaceae + -ous

Questions about monotropaceous

What does monotropaceous mean?
Monotropaceous means belonging to the family Monotropaceae, now usually subfamily Monotropoideae in family Ericaceae, of mostly non-photosynthetic plants.
What part of speech is monotropaceous?
Monotropaceous is an adjective.

Words near monotropaceous in the dictionary

  1. monotrocar
  2. monotrocars
  3. monotroch
  4. monotrochal
  5. monotrochs
  6. monotropaceous
  7. monotrope
  8. monotropes
  9. monotrophic
  10. monotropic
  11. monotropically

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