urinaceous

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English

Etymology

From urine +‎ -aceous.

Adjective

urinaceous (comparative more urinaceous, superlative most urinaceous)

  1. Containing or characteristic of urine.
    • 1854, Alphonso Wood, A Class-book of Botany:
      But the leaves and stalks of sorrel, the garden rhubarb, &c, are agreeably tart, and contain oxalic acid ; the petioles of the latter, together with the urinaceous seeds of the buck-wheat, are well-known articles of food.
    • 2014, Helen Oyeyemi, Boy, Snow, Bird, →ISBN, page 23:
      The man smelled somewhat urinaceous, so I sat beside the woman, who opened her eyes, asked me if she should get up, nodded, and fell asleep again when I said no.