loganiaceous

[ loh-gey-nee-ey-shuhs ]

adjective
  1. belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.

Origin of loganiaceous

1
<New Latin Loganiace(ae) (see logania, -aceae) + -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for loganiaceous

loganiaceous

/ (ləʊˌɡeɪnɪˈeɪʃəs) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Loganiaceae, a tropical and subtropical family of plants that includes nux vomica, pinkroot, and gelsemium

Origin of loganiaceous

1
C19: from New Latin Logania, named after James Logan (1674–1751) Irish-American botanist

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