turbinaceous
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]turbinaceous (comparative more turbinaceous, superlative most turbinaceous)
- (rare) Resembling or relating to peat or turf.
- 1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], St Ronan’s Well. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
- The real turbinaceous flavour no sooner reached the nose of the Captain, than the beverage was turned down his throat with symptoms of most unequivocal applause.