urinaceous

comparative more urinaceous · superlative most urinaceous

1. Containing or characteristic of urine.

   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.

   2014, Helen Oyeyemi, Boy, Snow, Bird, →ISBN, page 23

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   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.

   1854, Alphonso Wood, A Class-book of Botany