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ocheraceous

ocheraceous is the alternative form of ochraceous.

Meaning of ochraceous

Adjective

ochraceous (comparative more ochraceous, superlative most ochraceous)

  1. Ochre-colored.
    • Cap dull orange-brown to ochraceous brown or pale reddish brown, sticky when fresh; gills pale ochre when young, becoming pale cinnamon-brown in age; […]1997, Alan Bessette, “Key to Species of Chroogomphus”, in Mushrooms of Northeastern North America, page 77

Forms of ocheraceous

comparativemore ocheraceous
superlativemost ocheraceous

Origin of ocheraceous

From ocher + -aceous.

Questions about ocheraceous

What is ocheraceous the alternative form of?
Ocheraceous is the alternative form of ochraceous.

Words near ocheraceous in the dictionary

  1. Ocheltree
  2. Ocheltrees
  3. ochem
  4. Ocheng
  5. ocher
  6. ocheraceous
  7. ochered
  8. Ocheretyne
  9. ochering
  10. ocherish
  11. ocherous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ocheraceous (page history and authors); ochraceous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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