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turbinaceous

turbinaceous adjective: resembling or relating to peat or turf.

Adjective

turbinaceous (comparative more turbinaceous, superlative most turbinaceous)

  1. (rare) Resembling or relating to peat or turf.
    • The real turbinaceous flavour no sooner reached the nose of the Captain, than the beverage was turned down his throat with symptoms of most unequivocal applause.1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], St Ronan’s Well. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co....

Forms of turbinaceous

comparativemore turbinaceous
superlativemost turbinaceous

Origin of turbinaceous

See turbary, + -aceous.

Questions about turbinaceous

What does turbinaceous mean?
Turbinaceous means resembling or relating to peat or turf.
What part of speech is turbinaceous?
Turbinaceous is an adjective.

Words near turbinaceous in the dictionary

  1. turbillions
  2. turbimeter
  3. turbimeters
  4. turbimetric
  5. turbimetrically
  6. turbinaceous
  7. turbinado
  8. turbinadoes
  9. turbinados
  10. turbinal
  11. turbinals

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