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paleaceous

paleaceous adjective: chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff.

Adjective

paleaceous (comparative more paleaceous, superlative most paleaceous)

  1. (archaic) chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff
    • a paleaceous receptacle

Forms of paleaceous

comparativemore paleaceous
superlativemost paleaceous

Origin of paleaceous

From Latin palea (“chaff”) + -aceous.

Words formed from paleaceous

Questions about paleaceous

What does paleaceous mean?
Paleaceous means chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff.
What part of speech is paleaceous?
Paleaceous is an adjective.

Words near paleaceous in the dictionary

  1. pale-headed rosella
  2. pale-spotted emperor
  3. pale-spotted emperors
  4. pale-throated sloth
  5. palea
  6. paleaceous
  7. paleaceously
  8. paleae
  9. paleal
  10. paleanthropic
  11. paleanthropological

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