turbinaceous

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adjective

Resembling or relating to peat or turf.

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Meanings

adjectiveturbinaceous (comparative more turbinaceous, superlative most turbinaceous)

comparative more turbinaceous · superlative most turbinaceous

  1. rareResembling or relating to peat or turf.

    The real turbinaceous flavour no sooner reached the nose of the Captain, than the beverage was turned down his throat with symptoms of most unequivocal applause.

    1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], St Ronan’s Well. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC

Origin

See turbary, + -aceous.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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