单词 | spinaceous |
释义 | spinaceous in British English 1 (spɪˈneɪʃəs) adjective relating to the spinach family spinaceous in British English 2 (spɪˈneɪʃəs) adjective having spines spinaceous in American English (spɪˈneiʃəs) adjective pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the goosefoot family of plants Word origin [1815–25; ‹ NL Spin(acia) spinach + -aceous]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aggressive, artifact, heuristic, norm, reamer-aceous is a suffix with the meanings “resembling, having the nature of,” “made of,” occurringin loanwords from Latin (cretaceous; herbaceous) and forming adjectives in English on the Latin model (ceraceous), esp. adjectival correspondents to taxonomic names ending in -acea and -aceae (rosaceous) |
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