campanulaceous

[kam-pan-yuh-ley-shuh s]

adjective

belonging to the Campanulaceae, the bellflower family of plants.

Compare bellflower family.

Origin of campanulaceous

1820–30; < New Latin Campanulace(ae) name of the family (see campanula, -aceae) + -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for campanulaceous

campanulaceous

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Campanulaceae, a family of temperate and subtropical plants, including the campanulas, having bell-shaped nodding flowers

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