| 单词 | plumulaceous |
| 释义 | plumulaceous in British English (ˌpluːmjʊˈleɪʃəs) adjective ornithology resembling a down feather plumulaceous in American English (ˌpluːmjəˈleiʃəs) adjective having the texture of down Word origin [1875–80; plumule + -aceous]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, graph, musical chairs, overdraft, weekender-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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