Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of virus; virulent; poisonous: as, the virose sting of some spiders.
- In botany, emitting a fetid odor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Having a nauseous odor; fetid; poisonous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
nauseous odour;fetid ;poisonous .
Etymologies
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Latin virosus. See virus.
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