-acea Definition
āzhēə, āzhə; āsēə
affix
The scientific name of a (specified) class or order.
Webster's New World
suffix
(taxonomy) Used to form taxonomic names of superfamilies of plants, algae and fungi.
Wiktionary
Origin of -acea
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From Latin -acea, neutral plural of -aceus: belonging to, the nature of (enlarged from adjective suffix -ax, genitive -acis).
From Wiktionary
L, neut. pl. of -aceus
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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