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单词 pascuous
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pascuousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pascuosus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin pascuosus suitable for pasture (6th cent.) < classical Latin pāscuum pasture, grazing, use as noun of neuter of pāscuus suitable for pasture ( < pāscere to feed (see pascent adj.) + -uus , suffix forming adjectives) + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Middle French pascueux (1540). Compare pascual adj. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pæ·skiuˌəs) /ˈpæskjuːəs/.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Growing in or relating to pastureland. Cf. pascual adj.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture > relating to
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pascual1656
pascuous1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pascuous, serving for pasture, or for feeding, or grazing of Beasts.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Pascuous, growing in pastures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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