-aceae


Botany.
  1. a suffix used in the formation of names of families: Rosaceae.

Origin of -aceae

1
<Latin, feminine plural of -āceus.See -aceous

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British Dictionary definitions for -aceae

-aceae

suffix forming plural proper nouns
  1. denoting plants belonging to a family: Liliaceae; Ranunculaceae

Origin of -aceae

1
New Latin, from Latin, feminine plural of -āceus -aceous

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