oleraceous

English

Etymology

From Latin oleraceus, from olus, oleris (garden or pot herbs, vegetables).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əʊləˈɹeɪʃəs/

Adjective

oleraceous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Relating to potherbs.
    • c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: [] Charles Mearn, [], published 1683, →OCLC:
      grow unto a ligneous substance, and from an herby and oleraceous vegetable, to become a kind of tree

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