-aceous

a suffix with the meanings “resembling, having the nature of,” “made of,” occurring in loanwords from Latin (cretaceous; herbaceous) and forming adjectives in English on the Latin model (ceraceous), especially adjectival correspondents to taxonomic names ending in -acea and -aceae: rosaceous.

Origin of -aceous

<Latin -āceus;see -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for -aceous

-aceous

suffix forming adjectives

relating to, belonging to, having the nature of, or resembling: herbaceous; larvaceous

Origin of -aceous

New Latin, from Latin -āceus of a certain kind; related to -āc, -āx, adjectival suffix

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Scientific definitions for -aceous

-aceous

A suffix used to form adjectives meaning made of or resembling a particular substance or material, such as silicaceous, containing silicon.

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