-acée

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French

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Suffix

-acée f (plural -acées)

  1. (botany) suffix replacing -acées when designating a single member of a plant family
    • 1990, La Recherche, volume 21, page 815:
      Il n’en est pas de même pour l’eupatoire (Eupatorium cannabinum L.), une astéracée européenne []
      The same cannot be said for the eupatorium (Eupatorium cannabinum L.), a European asteracea