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crassulaceous

[kras-yoo-ley-shuh s]
adjective
  1. belonging to the Crassulaceae, the stonecrop family of plants.
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Origin of crassulaceous

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

crassulaceous

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
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Word Origin

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