uveous

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.

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Meanings

uveous1

adjectiveuveous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteOf, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.

    Behind, concealed by woods of pine, / There grew on plains the uveous vine;

    1879, Robert Scott, Poems, page 3

    Synonyms: grapey

uveous2

adjectiveuveous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteOf, pertaining to, or of the nature of the uvea; uveal.

    1760, cataract, entry in Thomas Dyche, A New General Engliſh Dictionary, unnumbered page, […] alſo a diſtemper in the eyes cauſed by the congelation of phlegm between the uveous coat and cryſtalline humour.

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    The uveous coat and the inside of the choroides are wonderfully blackened;[…].

    1721, Cotton Mather, The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious Improvements, published 1815, page 250

    Synonyms: uveal

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.

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grapey

adjectiveOf, pertaining to, or of the nature of the uvea; uveal.

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uveal

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or relating to the uvea of the eye

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uveal
Also see
uveal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

uveous · adjective

From uva + -eous.

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uveous · adjective

From uvea + -ous. (Related to above via Latin uva.)

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