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English
Etymology
From Latin terra (“earth”) + -aceous.
Adjective
terraceous (comparative more terraceous, superlative most terraceous)
- (archaic) Resembling earth (soil, dirt).
1863, Frederic John Mouat, Adventures and Researches Among the Andaman Islanders, page 151:The progress that we made through the terraceous compost was necessarily slow, and every step forward was made with the greatest difficulty, nothing but persevering labour carrying our boat gradually through it.
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