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polytrichaceous

polytrichaceous adjective: of or relating to the moss family Polytrichaceae.

Adjective

polytrichaceous (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the moss family Polytrichaceae.

Origin of polytrichaceous

From Polytrichaceae + -ous.

Questions about polytrichaceous

What does polytrichaceous mean?
Polytrichaceous means of or relating to the moss family Polytrichaceae.
What part of speech is polytrichaceous?
Polytrichaceous is an adjective.

Words near polytrichaceous in the dictionary

  1. polytraumatized
  2. polytree
  3. polytrees
  4. polytreponemal
  5. polytrich
  6. polytrichaceous
  7. polytrichid
  8. polytrichids
  9. polytrichon
  10. polytrichous
  11. polytrioxane

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