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Meaning of "cepaceous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CEPACEOUS

From Latin caepa onion + -aceous.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CEPACEOUS

cepaceous  [sɪˈpeɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CEPACEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cepaceous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CEPACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cepaceous in the English dictionary

The definition of cepaceous in the dictionary is having an onion-like smell or taste.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CEPACEOUS


audacious
ɔːˈdeɪʃəs
bodacious
bəʊˈdeɪʃəs
capacious
kəˈpeɪʃəs
cretaceous
krɪˈteɪʃəs
curvaceous
kɜːˈveɪʃəs
dipterocarpaceous
ˌdɪptərəʊkɑːˈpeɪʃəs
drupaceous
druːˈpeɪʃəs
efficacious
ˌɛfɪˈkeɪʃəs
flirtatious
flɜːˈteɪʃəs
gracious
ˈɡreɪʃəs
hellacious
hɛˈleɪʃəs
incapacious
ˌɪnkəˈpeɪʃəs
ostentatious
ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃəs
rampacious
ræmˈpeɪʃəs
rapacious
rəˈpeɪʃəs
scolopaceous
ˌskɒləˈpeɪʃəs
spacious
ˈspeɪʃəs
tenacious
tɪˈneɪʃəs
vivacious
vɪˈveɪʃəs
voracious
vɒˈreɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CEPACEOUS

cep
cephalad
cephalagra
cephalalgia
cephalalgic
cephalate
cephalexin
cephalic
cephalic index
cephalic version
cephalically
cephalin
cephalisation
cephalitis
cephalization
cephalocele
cephalochordate
cephalometer
cephalometric
cephalometry

WORDS THAT END LIKE CEPACEOUS

arenaceous
argillaceous
carbonaceous
chartaceous
coriaceous
crustaceous
diatomaceous
ericaceous
farinaceous
gorgeous
herbaceous
micaceous
olivaceous
predaceous
proteinaceous
sebaceous
siliceous
solanaceous
the Cretaceous
tuffaceous
violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of cepaceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cepaceous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CEPACEOUS

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The translations of cepaceous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cepaceous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cepaceous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cepaceous
570 millions of speakers

English

cepaceous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cepaceous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cepaceous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cepaceous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cepaceous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cepaceous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cepaceous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cepaceous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cepaceous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cepaceous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cepaceous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cepaceous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cepaceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cepaceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केशयुक्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cepaceous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cepaceous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cepaceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cepaceous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cepaceous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cepaceous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cepaceous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cepaceous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cepaceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cepaceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CEPACEOUS»

The term «cepaceous» is used very little and occupies the 159.303 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cepaceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CEPACEOUS»

Discover the use of cepaceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cepaceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words
CEPACEOUS a. <£ Like an onion. "So this is your new boyfriend, Imelda! I can tell just by looking at him that he's your type — same eyes, same cepaceous head ..." CHAETIFEROUS a. <£• Bearing bristles. Also C H A E T I G - EROUS and ...
Peter Bowler, 1992
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The British Florist: Or, Lady's Journal of Horticulture
Cepaceous. Partaking of the properties of an onion. Ceraceous — Cereus. Of the substance or nature of wax. Ceratium. A long bivalved, one-celled seed-vessel. Ceuealis. Belonging to the group of corn-bearing plants. Cerinus. Of the colour ...
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Concept S Dictionary Of Agricultural Sciences
Cepaceous Smelling or tasting like onion or garlic. Cephaelis ipecacuanha See ipecac. Cephalandra indica See little gourd. Cephaleuros parasiticus See tea red rust. Cephalewios Parasitic plant belonging to the group Myxophyceae (a low ...
I. C. Gupta, S. K. Gupta, 1992
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The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
TULBAGIA, in Gardening, contains plants of the tender, herbaceous, exotic kind, among which the species cultivated are, the alliaceous or garlic tulbagia (T. alliacea) ; and the cepaceous or onion tulbagia (T. cepacea). Method qf Culfurzn- In ...
Abraham Rees, 1819
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The Chambers Dictionary
[Fr cepe, from L cippus a stake] cepaceous si-pa"shis, (hot) adj smelling or tasting of onion or garlic, [From the species name of the onion, A/liumcepa] cephal. sef'al -, si-fal'-, kef'al- or kl-faf; or cephalo- comhining form denoting head.
Allied Chambers, 1998
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Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi
98: 1041, 2006, phylogeny), alliaceous, having a taste or smell of onions or garlic ; cepaceous. alliance, see phytosociology. Alliospora Pim (1883) ? = (TBM.S'27: 101, 1944). AJlocetraria Kurok. & M,J. Lai (1991), Parmeliaceae (L), 11, ...
P. M. Kirk, Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth, 2008
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A Portuguese-English Dictionary
coenurus (larva of a tapeworm). cenurose (/., Veter.) gid, water brain, staggers. cepa (/.) onion [ = CEBOLA]. c£pa (/.) a grapevine or its stock; heather. cepaceo - cea (adj., Bot.) cepaceous, onionlike. cepilhar (v.) =• ACEPILHAR. cepilho (m.) ...
James Lumpkin Taylor, Priscilla Clark Martin, 1970
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Roget's Descriptive Word Finder
... life broad-leaved: describing a plant having leaves that are not needles caricous: figlike cauline: growing on a stem, especially on the upper part ceduous : of a tree, ready to be felled cepaceous: of or like an onion cespitose: pertaining to turf; ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2003
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Langenscheidt Dictionary of Biology English: English-German, ...
1 . centrum of a vertebra; 2. centrosome centrum of a vertebra (Zoo) Wirbelkörper m cepaceous (Bot) zwiebeiförmig cepaeform s. cepaceous cephaelines Cephaeline npl (Alkaloide aus Alangiaceae, Rubiaceae) cephalad zum Kopf hin  ...
Manfred Eichhorn, 2005
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Collins Anagrams
... covalence precancel cancelers clarences coalesces spectacle nascences canescent recreancy reaccents recusance cepaceous ceraceous cetaceous accepters reaccepts Ceausescu calcifuge chanceful facecloth calcifies sacrifice fascicles ...
Justin Crozier, Cormac McKeown, 2006

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CEPACEOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cepaceous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Taste: Theater Review
Director Stuart Gordon, a gorefest connoisseur, invokes sensory recollections of cinematic Smell-O-Vision with the cepaceous aroma, when the ... «Hollywood Reporter, Apr 14»

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