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proteaceous

proteaceous adjective: of or relating to the large and varied family Proteaceae of plants, mostly found in South Africa or Australia.

Adjective

proteaceous (comparative more proteaceous, superlative most proteaceous)

  1. Of or relating to the large and varied family Proteaceae of plants, mostly found in South Africa or Australia.

Forms of proteaceous

comparativemore proteaceous
superlativemost proteaceous

Origin of proteaceous

From translingual Proteaceae + -ous.

Questions about proteaceous

What does proteaceous mean?
Proteaceous means of or relating to the large and varied family Proteaceae of plants, mostly found in South Africa or Australia.
What part of speech is proteaceous?
Proteaceous is an adjective.

Words near proteaceous in the dictionary

  1. protaspis
  2. protatic
  3. protax
  4. protaxation
  5. protea
  6. proteaceous
  7. proteaginous
  8. protealide
  9. protealides
  10. proteamine
  11. protean

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