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Meaning of uveous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.
    not-comparable, obsolete
  2. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the uvea; uveal.
    not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

“Behind, concealed by woods of pine, / There grew on plains the uveous vine;”
“The uveous coat and the inside of the choroides are wonderfully blackened;[…].”
“1760, cataract, entry in Thomas Dyche, A New General Engliſh Dictionary, unnumbered page, […] alſo a diſtemper in the eyes cauſed by the congelation of phlegm between the uveous coat and cryſtalline humour.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

uveovascular uvic uviform uvular uvulariaceous uvulopalatal

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