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urinaceous

urinaceous adjective: containing or characteristic of urine.

Adjective

urinaceous (comparative more urinaceous, superlative most urinaceous)

  1. Containing or characteristic of urine.
    • But the leaves and stalks of sorrel, the garden rhubarb, &c, are agreeably tart, and contain oxalic acid ; the petioles of the latter, together with the urinaceous seeds of the buck-wheat, are well-known articles of food.1854, Alphonso Wood, A Class-book of Botany
    • The man smelled somewhat urinaceous, so I sat beside the woman, who opened her eyes, asked me if she should get up, nodded, and fell asleep again when I said no.2014, Helen Oyeyemi, Boy, Snow, Bird, →ISBN, page 23

Forms of urinaceous

comparativemore urinaceous
superlativemost urinaceous

Origin of urinaceous

From urine + -aceous.

Questions about urinaceous

What does urinaceous mean?
Urinaceous means containing or characteristic of urine.
What part of speech is urinaceous?
Urinaceous is an adjective.

Words near urinaceous in the dictionary

  1. Urikhinbam
  2. Uriksibam
  3. Urila
  4. Urim and Thummim
  5. urinable
  6. urinaceous
  7. urinaemia
  8. urinaemic
  9. urinal
  10. urinal cake
  11. urinal cakes

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