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opuntiaceous

opuntiaceous adjective: belonging to the family Opuntiaceae (now mostly subfamily Opuntioideae in Cactaceae).

Adjective

opuntiaceous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Belonging to the family Opuntiaceae (now mostly subfamily Opuntioideae in Cactaceae).
    • Early illustrations of opuntiaceous seeds: in his famous "Cactaceae of the Boundary" Engelmann (1859) provided the plate reproduced on the next page illustrating seeds and embryos of various North American (platy-) opuntias and cylindropuntias.2002, David R. Hunt, Studies in the Opuntioideae (Cactaceae), page 26

Origin of opuntiaceous

Opuntiaceae + -ous

Questions about opuntiaceous

What does opuntiaceous mean?
Opuntiaceous means belonging to the family Opuntiaceae (now mostly subfamily Opuntioideae in Cactaceae).
What part of speech is opuntiaceous?
Opuntiaceous is an adjective.

Words near opuntiaceous in the dictionary

  1. opulency
  2. opulent
  3. opulently
  4. Opunake
  5. opuntia
  6. opuntiaceous
  7. opuntias
  8. opuntioid
  9. opuntioids
  10. opus
  11. opus anglicanum

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