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zingiberaceous

zingiberaceous adjective: zinziberaceous.

Adjective

zingiberaceous (not comparable)

  1. zinziberaceous
    • Beyond here the tides are not felt, and we now entered upon a district of elevated forest, with a finer vegetation. Large trees stretch out their arms across the stream, and the steep, earthy banks are clothed with ferns and zingiberaceous plants.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 103

Origin of zingiberaceous

From translingual Zingiberaceae + -ous.

Questions about zingiberaceous

What does zingiberaceous mean?
Zingiberaceous means zinziberaceous.
What part of speech is zingiberaceous?
Zingiberaceous is an adjective.

Words near zingiberaceous in the dictionary

  1. zinger
  2. zingerone
  3. zingerones
  4. zingers
  5. zingiber
  6. zingiberaceous
  7. zingiberene
  8. zingiberenin
  9. zingiberine
  10. zingiberoid
  11. zingiberoids

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