fabaceous.
Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
Meaning & usage
Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin fabaceus, from faba (“bean”). By surface analysis, Latin fab(a) + -aceous.
Belonging to, or characteristic of, the taxonomic family Fabaceae.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *fabā Latin fababor. Translingual Faba Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceus Latin -āceaebor. Translingual -aceae Translingual Fabaceae Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English fabaceous From Translingual Fabaceae + English -ous.
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