oleraceous

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/əʊləˈɹeɪʃəs/

adjective

Relating to potherbs.

OriginLatin oleraceus →
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Meanings

adjectiveoleraceous (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableRelating to potherbs.

    grow unto a ligneous substance, and from an herby and oleraceous vegetable, to become a kind of tree

    c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinoleraceus
  2. Englisholeraceous

From Latin oleraceus, from olus, oleris (“garden or pot herbs, vegetables”).

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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