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PRONUNCIATION OF DIOSCOREACEOUS

dioscoreaceous  [ˌdaɪəˌskɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIOSCOREACEOUS

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

WHAT DOES DIOSCOREACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dioscoreaceous in the English dictionary

The definition of dioscoreaceous in the dictionary is belonging or relating to the Dioscoreaceae family of monocotyledonous plants that includes the yam.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIOSCOREACEOUS


alliaceous
ˌælɪˈeɪʃəs
anacardiaceous
ˌænəˌkɑːdɪˈeɪʃəs
bignoniaceous
bɪɡˌnəʊnɪˈeɪʃəs
bromeliaceous
brəʊˌmiːlɪˈeɪʃəs
caesalpiniaceous
ˌsɛzælˌpɪnɪˈeɪʃəs
caprifoliaceous
ˌkæprɪˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
coriaceous
ˌkɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs
foliaceous
ˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
geraniaceous
dʒɪˌreɪnɪˈeɪʃəs
liliaceous
ˌlɪlɪˈeɪʃəs
loganiaceous
ləʊˌɡeɪnɪˈeɪʃəs
magnoliaceous
mæɡˌnəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
nymphaeaceous
ˌnɪmfɪˈeɪʃəs
ostreaceous
ˌɒstrɪˈeɪʃəs
paleaceous
ˌpeɪlɪˈeɪʃəs
polemoniaceous
ˌpɒlɪˌməʊnɪˈeɪʃəs
scrophulariaceous
ˌskrɒfjʊˌlɛərɪˈeɪʃəs
sterculiaceous
stɜːˌkjuːlɪˈeɪʃəs
subcoriaceous
ˌsʌbkɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs
tiliaceous
ˌtɪlɪˈeɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIOSCOREACEOUS

diorama
dioramic
diorism
dioristic
dioristical
dioristically
diorite
dioritic
diorthoses
diorthosis
diorthotic
Dioscuri
diosgenin
diota
dioxan
dioxane
dioxide
dioxin
dioxonitric(III) acid

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIOSCOREACEOUS

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

Synonyms and antonyms of dioscoreaceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dioscoreaceous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIOSCOREACEOUS

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Translator English - Chinese

dioscoreaceous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dioscoreaceous
570 millions of speakers

English

dioscoreaceous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dioscoreaceous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dioscoreaceous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

dioscoreaceous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dioscoreaceous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dioscoreaceous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dioscoreaceous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Godcoreaceous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dioscoreaceous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dioscoreaceous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dioscoreaceous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Godcoreaceous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dioscoreaceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dioscoreaceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डायोस्कोरायस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dioscoreaceous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dioscoreaceous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dioscoreaceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dioscoreaceous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dioscoreaceous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dioscoreaceous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dioscoreaceous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dioscoreaceous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dioscoreaceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dioscoreaceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIOSCOREACEOUS»

The term «dioscoreaceous» is used very little and occupies the 174.331 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIOSCOREACEOUS»

Discover the use of dioscoreaceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dioscoreaceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Journal of Botany: Containing Figures and Descriptions ...
Croomia is a very curious genus of Menispermea, growing in Middle Florida under the shades of Torreya taxifolia, Arn., with the habit of a Monocotyledonous, some Smilacineous or Dioscoreaceous plant; it is figured by Torrey in Ann. Lye.
2
Reports and Papers on Botany
303-52). V. Schlechtendal's continuation of his ' Contributions to the Flora of Mexico' contain the Sapindaceae, a new Dioscoreaceous plant, and Hydrotania ( 1. c. pp. 48, 112, 224). Bateman has published a spleudid illustrated work on the  ...
William Bell Macdonald, George Rusk, Arthur Henfrey, 1849
3
British Wild Flower: Familiarly Described in the Four ...
This group consists of the Orders numbered 60 and 61 . * Perianth inferior. 60. Trilliaceous plants — herbs ; leaves whorled ; flowers hermaphrodite ; fruit 3-5- celled, succulent ; seeds indefinite. ** Perianth superior. 61. Dioscoreaceous plants ...
Thomas Moore, 1867
4
Memoirs
The rhizoma of Croomia in structure is not materially unlike the herbaceous leafy stems of Dioscorea villosa, and the foliage and habit of Croomia are altogether Dioscoreaceous. It is needless to enumerate the obvious points of difference ...
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1857
5
Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
This we naturally took for an exogenous structure;—a view we were the more inclined to adopt, from knowing at the time no Smilaceous, Dioscoreaceous, or other allied Monocotyledonous plant having a simple ovary and an arillus like that ...
6
The Journal of Botany
Croomia is a very curious genus of Menispermece, growing in Middle Florida under the shades of Torreya taxifolia, Arn., with the habit of a Monocotyledonous, some Smilacineous or Dioscoreaceous plant; it is figured by Torrey in Ann. Lyc.
Sir William Jackson Hooker, 1841
7
Ray Society
303-52). V. Schlechtendal's continuation of his ' Contributions to the Flora of Mexico' contain the Sapindaceae, a new Dioscoreaceous plant, and Ilydrotcenia (1. c. pp. 48, 112, 224). Bateman has published a spleudid illustrated work on the  ...
8
Curculionoidea II
... 21-VII-1923, ex Dioscorea belophylla seeds; 1 ex., 11-VI-1923, id. (all in NHM, London). This is also the first record of a Dioscoreaceous (monocot) plant as a host for members of the tribe Mecysolobini. New synonyms Alcides Wiedemann,  ...
Ivan Löbl, Ales Smetana, 2013
9
Monocots: Systematics and Evolution: Systematics and Evolution
Relationships with other dioscoreaceous species groups are less clear, but the New World genus Rajana is resolved as the clade's sister group. Key words: systematics. palaeotropical compound-leaved yams, morphology, rbcL, combined ...
Karen Wilson, David Morrison, 2000
10
Chemistry Serves the South Pacific
The saponins contained in Liliaceous and Dioscoreaceous plants belong to the steroidal group and those contained in the plants of Araliaceae, Rhamnaceae, Umbelliferae, etc., to the triterpenoid group. Steroidal saponins are known to be ...
John A. Bonato, J. B. Headridge, R. J. Morrison, 1987

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