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posticous

UK/pɒˈstaɪkəs/US/pɑˈstaɪkəs/

posticous adjective: posterior.

Adjective

posticous (not comparable)

  1. posterior
    • posticous petal
    • posticous sepal
  2. Situated on the outer side of a filament
    Synonyms:
    extrorse

posticous meaning in Tamil

posticous in Tamil

பின்பகுதியிலுள்ள

Synonyms of posticous

Origin of posticous

From Latin posticus.

Words formed from posticous

Words that rhyme with posticous

Questions about posticous

What does posticous mean?
Posticous means posterior.
What is posticous in Tamil?
Posticous in Tamil is பின்பகுதியிலுள்ள. See Posticous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is posticous?
Posticous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce posticous?
Posticous is pronounced /pɒˈstaɪkəs/ (UK).

Words near posticous in the dictionary

  1. postical
  2. postically
  3. postiche
  4. postiches
  5. posticipate
  6. posticous
  7. posticously
  8. postictal
  9. postictally
  10. posticteric
  11. postideological

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Adapted from Wiktionary: posticous (page history and authors); posticous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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