Flacourtiaceae
plural noun
Fla·cour·ti·a·ce·ae
Definition of Flacourtiaceae
: a family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs (order Parietales) having flowers with numerous stamens and often with enlarged receptacle and undifferentiated perianth and including the chaulmoogras — see flacourtia
flacourtiaceous
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Origin and Etymology of flacourtiaceae
New Latin, from Flacourtia, type genus + -aceae
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