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-aceae

Botany.
  1. a suffix used in the formation of names of families:

    Rosaceae.

-aceae

suffix forming plural proper nouns

  1. denoting plants belonging to a family

    Liliaceae

    Ranunculaceae

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -aceae1

< Latin, feminine plural of -āceus. See -aceous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -aceae1

New Latin, from Latin, feminine plural of -āceus -aceous

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