crassulacean

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the family Crassulaceae of dicotyledons.

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Meanings

adjectivecrassulacean (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf or pertaining to the family Crassulaceae of dicotyledons.

    His description of crassulacean acid metabolism, wherein cacti, yuccas, agaves and sedums open their stomata at night when it’s cooler in order to “bind carbon dioxide on special molecules much like we bind oxygen on hemoglobin in our blood” had me on edge for hours.

    2009 May 31, Dominique Browning, “Gardening Books”, in New York Times

Origin

Crassulaceae + -an

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Translations

Portuguese crassuláceo
  • crassuláceoof or pertaining to the family Crassulaceae of dicotyledons
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APA

crassulacean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crassulacean

MLA

“crassulacean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crassulacean. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crassulacean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crassulacean.

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