alsinaceous
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Alsinaceae, from Alsine + -aceae, from Latin alsine (“chickweed”), + -ous.
Adjective
[edit]alsinaceous (comparative more alsinaceous, superlative most alsinaceous)
- (botany, historical) Of or pertaining to the Alsinaceae (Caryophyllaceae) family, especially chickweed. [from 1832]
- 1832, John Lindley, “Of the Compound Organs in Flowering Plants” (chapter II), in An Introduction to Botany, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, page 119:
- According to the manner in which the petals of a polypetalous corolla are arranged, they have received different names, which are thus defined by Link: […] the alsinaceous has short distant ones; […]