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urticaceous

urticaceous adjective: of or pertaining to the family Urticaceae, which includes the nettles.

Adjective

urticaceous (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the family Urticaceae, which includes the nettles.

Origin of urticaceous

Urticaceae + -ous

Questions about urticaceous

What does urticaceous mean?
Urticaceous means of or pertaining to the family Urticaceae, which includes the nettles.
What part of speech is urticaceous?
Urticaceous is an adjective.

Words near urticaceous in the dictionary

  1. urtext
  2. urtexte
  3. urtexts
  4. urtextual
  5. URTI
  6. urticaceous
  7. urtical
  8. urticalean
  9. urticant
  10. urticants
  11. urticaria

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