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nepenthaceous

nepenthaceous adjective: belonging to the family Nepenthaceae of pitcher plants.

Adjective

nepenthaceous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the family Nepenthaceae of pitcher plants.

Origin of nepenthaceous

Nepenthaceae + -ous

Questions about nepenthaceous

What does nepenthaceous mean?
Nepenthaceous means belonging to the family Nepenthaceae of pitcher plants.
What part of speech is nepenthaceous?
Nepenthaceous is an adjective.

Words near nepenthaceous in the dictionary

  1. Nepaul
  2. Nepaulese
  3. Nepcote
  4. Nepean
  5. nepenth
  6. nepenthaceous
  7. nepenthe
  8. nepenthean
  9. nepenthebiont
  10. nepenthebionts
  11. nepenthes

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