oleraceous

English

Etymology

From Latin oleraceus, from olus, oleris (“garden or pot herbs, vegetables”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊləˈɹeɪʃəs/

Adjective

oleraceous (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Relating to potherbs.
   • c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC:

     grow unto a ligneous substance, and from an herby and oleraceous vegetable, to become a kind of tree

References

• “oleraceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.