porraceous

English

Etymology

From Latin porraceus, from porrum, porrus (“a leek”).

Adjective

porraceous (comparative more porraceous, superlative most porraceous)

  1. Resembling the leek in colour; greenish.
    • Wiseman
      porraceous vomiting

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for porraceous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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