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fabaceous

[ fuh-bey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.


fabaceous

/ əˈɪʃə /

adjective

  1. a less common term for leguminous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fabaceous1

1720–30; < New Latin Fabace ( ae ) ( Fab ( a ) the type genus ( Latin: bean) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fabaceous1

C18: from Late Latin ڲ峦ܲ of beans, from Latin faba bean
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Example Sentences

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And here came in once more the fabaceous maker and marker of destiny, saying that blind justice decreed, that, inasmuch as sound is wont to rise, he who was noonday Sayer and midnight Snorer should couch below, while the Hearer should circle above,—plainly a wise provision, that the good things of Providence might not be wasted.

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Associated word: cere. beam, n. girder, joist; ray, gleam. beam, v. gleam, shine, glitter, glisten, scintillate. beaming, a. radiant, shining. beanlike, a. fabaceous. bear, n.

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Interspersed with them there are many which attain an enormous size, as in the case of a Hernanda, a Castanospermum, two fabaceous trees, and others of which neither flowers nor fruit were observed.

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