-ineae

Morpheme

-ineae

Type

suffix

Denotation

taxonomic suffix naming suborders of plants, algae, and fungi (singular of -inea)

Etymology

Latin -ineae, from -inea, from -ineus, from -īnus +‎ -eus

Evidence

Abietineae, Actinomycineae, Boragineae, Caryophyllineae, Cephaloziineae, Corynebacterineae, Frankineae, Glycomycineae, Isopyrineae, Jungermanniineae, Lecanorineae, Lophocoleineae, Micrococcineae, Streptomycineae, Zamiineae

See Also

-in(e) [-ine, -in], -inus, -inum, -ino, -ina, -inae, -ine, -ini, -itin, -itino, -inea, -idine, -ea