LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjective

nŭcĕus

Meaning

  1. of a nut-tree

nŭcĕus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of a nut-tree: fibulae unde fiant, aridae iligneae, ulmeae, nuceae, ficulneae, etc., Cato, R. R. 31; id. ap. Plin. 16, 39, 75, § 193: virga nucea, Hier. Ep. 53, n. 8.

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What does nŭcĕus mean in Latin?
nŭcĕus, a adjective, means “of a nut-tree”.