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oleraceous

/əʊləˈɹeɪʃəs/

oleraceous adjective: relating to potherbs.

Adjective

oleraceous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Relating to potherbs.
    • grow unto a ligneous substance, and from an herby and oleraceous vegetable, to become a kind of treec. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC

Origin of oleraceous

From Latin oleraceus, from olus, oleris (“garden or pot herbs, vegetables”).

Questions about oleraceous

What does oleraceous mean?
Oleraceous means relating to potherbs.
What part of speech is oleraceous?
Oleraceous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce oleraceous?
Oleraceous is pronounced /əʊləˈɹeɪʃəs/.

Words near oleraceous in the dictionary

  1. oleovitamin
  2. oleovitamins
  3. oleoyl
  4. oleoylethanolamide
  5. oleoyls
  6. oleraceous
  7. olericultural
  8. olericulture
  9. olericulturist
  10. olericulturists
  11. Olesen

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