English Explanatory Dictionary

fabaceous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
  2. Belonging to the taxonomic family Fabaceae.

Pronunciation

/fəˈbeɪʃəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fabaceous.wav

Word forms

fabaceous more fabaceous most fabaceous

Etymology

From Latin fabaceus, from faba (“bean”). By surface analysis, Latin fab(a) + -aceous. For sense 2, from translingual Fabaceae + -ous, from Faba.

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