fabaceous
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ʃəs adjective
belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
Compare legume family.
Origin:
1720–30; < Neo-Latin Fabace(ae) (Fab(a) the type genus (Latin: bean) + -aceae -aceae) + -ous
1720–30; < Neo-Latin Fabace(ae) (Fab(a) the type genus (Latin: bean) + -aceae -aceae) + -ous
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| —adj | |
| a less common term for leguminous | |
| [C18: from Late Latin fabāceus of beans, from Latin faba bean] | |
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Fabaceous
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
Nearly twice as many species occur on fabaceous hosts as on any other host family.
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