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FAGACEOUS

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fa⋅ga⋅ceous

  [fuh-gey-shuhs]
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–adjective
belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.
Compare beech family.

Origin:
< NL Fagace(ae) name of the family (Fag(us) the type genus (L fāgus beech ) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous
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