"fabaceous" meaning in English

See fabaceous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fəˈbeɪʃəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fabaceous.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more fabaceous [comparative], most fabaceous [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fabaceus, from faba (“bean”). By surface analysis, Latin fab(a) + -aceous. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|fabaceus}} Borrowed from Latin fabaceus, {{surf|en|la:faba|-aceous|alt1=fab(a)}} By surface analysis, Latin fab(a) + -aceous Head templates: {{en-adj}} fabaceous (comparative more fabaceous, superlative most fabaceous)
  1. Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
    Sense id: en-fabaceous-en-adj-mzdHmCVL Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -aceous
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /fəˈbeɪʃəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fabaceous.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more fabaceous [comparative], most fabaceous [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *fabā Latin fababor. Translingual Faba Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceus Latin -āceaebor. Translingual -aceae Translingual Fabaceae Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English fabaceous From Translingual Fabaceae + English -ous. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mul:Fabaceae|-ous|text=1|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Italic *fabā Latin fababor. Translingual Faba Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceus Latin -āceaebor. Translingual -aceae Translingual Fabaceae Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. 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  1. (taxonomy) Belonging to, or characteristic of, the taxonomic family Fabaceae. Translations (of the Fabaceae): fasolowy (Polish), бобо́вый (bobóvyj) (Russian)
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Etymology number: 2
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