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avenaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ave-na-ceous
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.

Etymology

Latin avena + -aceous

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more avenaceous (comparative) most avenaceous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

avena

Rhymes With

gracious spacious cretaceous tenacious audacious gaseous herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious

Questions

What does avenaceous mean?
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
Where does avenaceous come from?
Latin avena + -aceous

How to pronounce avenaceous

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