cepaceous

cepaceous
cepaceous /si-pāˈshəs/ (botany)
adjective
Smelling or tasting of onion or garlic
ORIGIN: From the species name of the onion, Allium cepa

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  • Cepaceous — Ce*pa ceous, a. [L. cepa, caepa, onion.] Of the nature of an onion, as in odor; alliaceous. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cepaceous —   a. like an onion …   Dictionary of difficult words

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