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monstrose

monstrose adjective: having an abnormal, distorted and disfigured growth of the body (especially of a cactus). Also the obsolete spelling of monstrous.

Adjective

monstrose (comparative more monstrose, superlative most monstrose)

  1. Having an abnormal, distorted and disfigured growth of the body (especially of a cactus)

Also used as

monstrose is also the obsolete spelling of monstrous.

Forms of monstrose

comparativemore monstrose
superlativemost monstrose

Questions about monstrose

What does monstrose mean?
Monstrose means having an abnormal, distorted and disfigured growth of the body (especially of a cactus).
What part of speech is monstrose?
Monstrose is an adjective.

Words near monstrose in the dictionary

  1. monstrillid
  2. monstrillids
  3. monstrilloid
  4. monstrilloids
  5. monstrocious
  6. monstrose
  7. monstrosified
  8. monstrosifies
  9. monstrosify
  10. monstrosifying
  11. monstrosities

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