-aceae

-aceae

Botany.
a suffix used in the formation of names of families: Rosaceae.

Origin:
< Latin, feminine plural of -āceus. See -aceous
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-aceae is always a great word to know.
So is sporophyte. Does it mean:
form of a diploid plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores
phase in plant life which begins with a spore produced by meiosis
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-aceae
 
suffix forming plural proper nouns
denoting plants belonging to a family: Liliaceae; Ranunculaceae
 
[New Latin, from Latin, feminine plural of -āceus-aceous]

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