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poaceous

poaceous adjective: belonging to the family Poaceae of grasses.

Adjective

poaceous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the family Poaceae of grasses.

Synonyms of poaceous

Origin of poaceous

From Poaceae + -ous. Morphologically translingual Po(a) + -aceous.

Questions about poaceous

What does poaceous mean?
Poaceous means belonging to the family Poaceae of grasses.
What part of speech is poaceous?
Poaceous is an adjective.

Words near poaceous in the dictionary

  1. po-pos
  2. po.
  3. poa
  4. poa pitha
  5. POAC
  6. poaceous
  7. poacevirus
  8. poaceviruses
  9. poach
  10. poach up
  11. poachable

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