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scitamineous

scitamineous adjective: of or relating to the Scitamineae.

Adjective

scitamineous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of or relating to the Scitamineae.
    • I recollect no instance at this moment of an 1-locular anther except in Canna, and from its mode of insertion as well as the analogy of other scitamineous anthers, that seems to me rather half an anther, than a whole one: however, the radication, and stipulation fix Sowerbæa immovably near...1806, Richard Salisbury, The Paradisus Londinensis, volume 1, part 2, section 98

Questions about scitamineous

What does scitamineous mean?
Scitamineous means of or relating to the Scitamineae.
What part of speech is scitamineous?
Scitamineous is an adjective.

Words near scitamineous in the dictionary

  1. scissures
  2. scita
  3. scitament
  4. scitaments
  5. scitaminaceous
  6. scitamineous
  7. scite
  8. Scithers
  9. Scitherses
  10. scituate
  11. scituated

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