crassulaceous

[ kras-yoo-ley-shuhs ]

adjective

1. belonging to the Crassulaceae, the stonecrop family of plants.

crassulaceous

/ ˌkræsjʊˈleɪʃəs /

adjective

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of crassulaceous¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of crassulaceous¹

C19: from New Latin Crassula name of genus, from Medieval Latin: stonecrop, from Latin crassus thick