fagaceous

[ fuh-gey-shuhs ]

adjective
  1. belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.

Origin of fagaceous

1
First recorded in 1900–05; from New Latin Fagace(ae) name of the family Fagus, the type genus, from Latin fāg(us) beech + -aceae -aceae) + -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for fagaceous

fagaceous

/ (fəˈɡeɪʃəs) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Fagaceae, a family of trees, including beech, oak, and chestnut, whose fruit is partly or wholly enclosed in a husk (cupule)

Origin of fagaceous

1
C19: from New Latin Fāgāceae, from Latin fāgus beech

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