Where does “Bombacoideae” come from?
Bombacoideae (Translingual) comes from Translingual -oideae, from Latin -oideus — resembling.
Ancestry of “Bombacoideae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | -oideae | Used to form the taxonomic names of subfamilies... |
| 2 | Latin | -oideus | resembling |