polemoniaceous

[pol-uh-moh-nee-ey-shuh s]

adjective

belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.

Compare phlox family.

Origin of polemoniaceous

1855–60; < New Latin Polemoniace(ae) family name (see polemonium, -aceae) + -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for polemoniaceous

polemoniaceous

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Polemoniaceae, a chiefly North American family of plants that includes phlox and Jacob's ladder

Word Origin for polemoniaceous

C19: from New Latin Polemōnium type genus, from Greek polemōnion a plant, perhaps valerian

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