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pic·e·ous       [pis-ee-uhs, pahy-see-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.
2.inflammable; combustible.
3.Zoology. black or nearly black as pitch.
[Origin: 1640–50; < L piceus made of pitch, equiv. to pice- (s. of pix) pitch2 + -us adj. suffix; see -ous]
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pi·ce·ous       (pī'sē-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Botany Of or relating to pitch.
  2. Glossy black.


[From Latin piceus, from pix, pic-, pitch.]

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Piceous

Pi"cene\, n. [See Piceous.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon (C?H?) extracted from the pitchy residue of coal tar and petroleum as a bluish fluorescent crystalline substance.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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