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PRONUNCIATION OF LAURACEOUS

lauraceous  [lɔːˈreɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAURACEOUS

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

WHAT DOES LAURACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lauraceous in the English dictionary

The definition of lauraceous in the dictionary is of, relating to, or belonging to the Lauraceae, a family of aromatic trees and shrubs having leathery leaves: includes the laurels and avocado.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAURACEOUS


araceous
əˈreɪʃəs
arboraceous
ˌɑːbəˈreɪʃəs
burseraceous
ˌbɜːsəˈreɪʃəs
butyraceous
ˌbjuːtɪˈreɪʃəs
camphoraceous
ˌkæmfəˈreɪʃəs
ceraceous
sɪˈreɪʃəs
cichoraceous
ˌsɪkəˈreɪʃəs
cyperaceous
ˌsaɪpəˈreɪʃəs
droseraceous
ˌdrɒsəˈreɪʃəs
furfuraceous
ˌfɜːfjʊˈreɪʃəs
oleraceous
ˌɒləˈreɪʃəs
papaveraceous
pəˌpeɪvəˈreɪʃəs
papyraceous
ˌpæpɪˈreɪʃəs
passifloraceous
ˌpæsɪflɔːˈreɪʃəs
piperaceous
ˌpɪpəˈreɪʃəs
stercoraceous
ˌstɜːkəˈreɪʃəs
unveracious
ˌʌnvəˈreɪʃəs
veracious
vɛˈreɪʃəs
voracious
vɒˈreɪʃəs
zinziberaceous
ˌzɪnzɪbəˈreɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAURACEOUS

laundrywomen
laura
Laurasia
laurdalite
laureate
laureateship
laureation
laurel
Laurel and Hardy
laurel wreath
laurelled
laurelling
Lauren
Laurence
Laurentian
Laurentian Mountains
Laurentian Plateau
Laurentian Shield
Laurentides
lauric acid

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAURACEOUS

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

Synonyms and antonyms of lauraceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lauraceous» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

樟科
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lauraceous
570 millions of speakers

English

lauraceous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lauraceous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lauraceous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

lauraceous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lauraceous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lauraceous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lauracées
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lauraceous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lauraceous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クスノキ科
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lauraceous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lauraceous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lauraceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lauraceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लौरसयुक्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

laurareous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lauraceous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lauraceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

lauraceous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lauraceous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lauraceous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lauraceous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lauraceous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lauraceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lauraceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAURACEOUS»

The term «lauraceous» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.089 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAURACEOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lauraceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAURACEOUS»

Discover the use of lauraceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lauraceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution
Both are incompletely preserved, but are distinctly lauraceous in their organisation (Eklund, 1999). Lauraceae Taxon A is distinguished from Neusenia in having sessile flowers arranged in a dense inflorescence and having bisporangiate ...
Else Marie Friis, Peter R. Crane, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, 2011
2
Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes
There are approximately 40 species of bird-dispersed lauraceous trees in the Monteverde region of the mountain range (Haber 1991). Several species, such as Ocotea whitei and Ocotea monteverdensis, provide valuable timber. Both of these ...
John Schelhas, Russell S. Greenberg, 1996
3
Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
The descriptions in the present paper include both lauraceous and sterculiaccous woods, also strikingly well preserved and characteristic lauraceous fruits. Other novelties are a liverwort (Marchantites,) the fern genus Dryopteris, palm nuts, ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1922
4
The Middle and Upper Eocene Floras of Southeastern North America
A single poorly preserved lauraceous fruit was obtained from beds of lower Jackson age in Georgia. It is too poor for adequate description and is referred with hesitation to the genus Malapoenna. Occurrence: Barnwell formation ( Twiggs clay ...
Edward Wilber Berry, 1924
5
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
The descriptions in the present paper include both lauraceous and sterculiaceous woods, also strikingly well preserved and characteristic lauraceous fruits. Other novelties are a liverwort (Marchantites,) the fern genus Dryopteris, palm nuts, ...
‎1922
6
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Lesquereux likened the type of this species to the living Persea borbonia ( Linnaeus) Sprengel, of the Southeastern United States, but perhaps the best that can be said is that it has a general lauraceous aspect. Occurrence: Fort Union ...
‎1960
7
Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Essays on the Biology and ...
The species is the most abundant North American migrant in eastern Peru from the end of September through early November, a period that coincides with the fruiting peak of their favorite lauraceous trees. Later in the season, ripe lauraceous ...
John Terborgh, 1989
8
The flora of the Ripley formation
Tertiaries thin, forming a typical lauraceous areolation. This species is exceedingly abundant at the Carroll County plant locality and constitutes a well- marked element in the Ripley flora, which when the venation is considered is readily ...
Edward Wilber Berry, 1925
9
Birds and Berries
We think it probable that the reason why parrots seem never to have been recorded eating the seeds of lauraceous trees, although accessible and nutritious, is that they are poisonous to parrots. Dispersers which specialise in lauraceous fruits ...
Barbara Snow, David Snow, 2010
10
Flowers on the Tree of Life
Lauraceous flowers from the Potomac group (mid-Cretaceous) of eastern North America. Botanical Gazette, 151, 370–384. Eklund, H. (2000). Lauraceous flowers from the Late Cretaceous ofNorth Carolina, U.S.A. BotanicalJournal of the  ...
Livia Wanntorp, Louis P. Ronse De Craene, 2011

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