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piceous

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pic⋅e⋅ous

  [pis-ee-uhs, pahy-see-uhs]
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–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) pitch 2 + -us adj. suffix; see -ous
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pi·ce·ous   (pī'sē-əs)   
adj.  

  1. Botany Of or relating to pitch.

  2. Glossy black.


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