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uveous

uveous adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.

Adjective (1)

uveous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.
    • Behind, concealed by woods of pine, / There grew on plains the uveous vine;1879, Robert Scott, Poems, page 3
    Synonyms:
    grapey

Adjective (2)

uveous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the uvea; uveal.
    • The uveous coat and the inside of the choroides are wonderfully blackened;[…].1721, Cotton Mather, The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious Improvements, published 1815, page 250
    • […] alſo a diſtemper in the eyes cauſed by the congelation of phlegm between the uveous coat and cryſtalline humour.1760, cataract, entry in Thomas Dyche, A New General Engliſh Dictionary, unnumbered page
    Synonyms:
    uveal

Synonyms of uveous

Origin of uveous

From uva + -eous.

From uvea + -ous. (Related to above via Latin uva.)

Questions about uveous

What does uveous mean?
Uveous means of, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.
What part of speech is uveous?
Uveous is an adjective.

Words near uveous in the dictionary

  1. uveoparotid
  2. uveoparotid fever
  3. uveoparotitis
  4. uveoretinitis
  5. uveoscleral
  6. uveous
  7. uveovascular
  8. uveovortex
  9. uvero
  10. UVF
  11. UVGA

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