lappaceous

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adjective

Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.

OriginLatin lappaceus →
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Meanings

adjectivelappaceous (comparative more lappaceous, superlative most lappaceous)

comparative more lappaceous · superlative most lappaceous

  1. biologyResembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.

Origin

  1. Latinlappaceus“burlike”
  2. Englishlappaceous

From Latin lappaceus (“burlike”), from lappa (“a bur”).

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APA

lappaceous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lappaceous

MLA

“lappaceous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lappaceous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lappaceous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lappaceous.

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