-aceae

Botany.

a suffix used in the formation of names of families: Rosaceae.

Origin of -aceae

< Latin, feminine plural of -āceus. See -aceous

Words nearby -aceae

-ability, -able, -ably, -ac, -acea, -aceae, -aceous, -acious, -acity, -acy, -ad

British Dictionary definitions for -aceae

-aceae

suffix forming plural proper nouns

denoting plants belonging to a family Liliaceae; Ranunculaceae

Word Origin for -aceae

New Latin, from Latin, feminine plural of -āceus -aceous