polemoniaceous

polemoniaceous

(ˌpɒlɪˌməʊnɪˈeɪʃəs)

adj

(Botany) of, relating to, or belonging to the Polemoniaceae, a chiefly North American family of plants that includes phlox and Jacob's ladder

[C19: from New Latin Polemōnium type genus, from Greek polemōnion a plant, perhaps valerian]

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polemoniaceous - of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Polemoniaceae

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