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porphyraceous

porphyraceous adjective: porphyritic.

Adjective

porphyraceous (comparative more porphyraceous, superlative most porphyraceous)

  1. porphyritic

Forms of porphyraceous

comparativemore porphyraceous
superlativemost porphyraceous

Origin of porphyraceous

From porphyry + -aceous.

Questions about porphyraceous

What does porphyraceous mean?
Porphyraceous means porphyritic.
What part of speech is porphyraceous?
Porphyraceous is an adjective.

Words near porphyraceous in the dictionary

  1. porphodimethenes
  2. porphomethene
  3. porphomethenes
  4. porphycene
  5. porphycenes
  6. porphyraceous
  7. porphyran
  8. porphyranase
  9. porphyranases
  10. porphyrans
  11. porphyre

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