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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

extirpable en · ADJ

Etymology

From extirp + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Capable of being extirpated or eradicated.
    • a Plant not easily extirpable 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
    • an extirpable plant

Deriveds

inextirpable