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nitschkiaceous

nitschkiaceous adjective: of or relating to the Nitschkiaceae.

Adjective

nitschkiaceous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or relating to the Nitschkiaceae.
    • Three species with accepted Nitschkia names, together with Fracchiaea broomeiana and Acanthonitschkea argentinensis, comprise the paraphyletic nitschkiaceous complex.2004 December, SM Huhndorf, “Molecular systematics of the Coronophorales and new species of Bertia, Lasiobertia and Nitschkia”, in Mycological Research, volume 108, number 12, page 1384

Origin of nitschkiaceous

From translingual Nitschkiaceae + -ous.

Questions about nitschkiaceous

What does nitschkiaceous mean?
Nitschkiaceous means of or relating to the Nitschkiaceae.
What part of speech is nitschkiaceous?
Nitschkiaceous is an adjective.

Words near nitschkiaceous in the dictionary

  1. nits
  2. Nitsche
  3. Nitsches
  4. Nitschke
  5. Nitschkes
  6. nitschkiaceous
  7. Nitshill
  8. nitsky
  9. nitsuke
  10. nitta
  11. Nittany

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