crassulaceous

American

[kras-yoo-ley-shuhs] / ˌkræs yʊˈleɪ ʃəs /

adjective

belonging to the Crassulaceae, the stonecrop family of plants.

crassulaceous British

/ ˌkræsjʊˈleɪʃəs /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Crassulaceae, a family of herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants with fleshy succulent leaves, including the houseleeks and stonecrops

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Etymology

Origin of crassulaceous

1650–60; < New Latin Crassulace ( ae ) (equivalent to Crassul ( a ) genus name ( Medieval Latin crassula; crass, -ule ) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous

Example Sentences

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Succulent specimens, as many of the Orchidaceae and sedums and various other Crassulaceous plants, require to be killed by immersion in boiling water before being placed in drying paper, or, instead of becoming dry, they will grow between the sheets.

From Project Gutenberg

In other instances the peltate leaves become more or less hollow, constituting broad ascidia as in the case of the crassulaceous genus Umbilicus.

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It is called Othonna crassifolia and has fleshy, nearly cylindrical leaves, and exactly mimics some of the crassulaceous species.

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