Marcgraviaceae

plural noun

Marc·​gra·​vi·​a·​ce·​ae

: a small family of often epiphytic tropical American shrubs, trees, or vines (order Parietales) that have usually pendulous flowers and petals united into a hood and sometimes functioning as nectaries

marcgraviaceous

(ˈ)⸗¦⸗⸗¦āshəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Marcgravia, type genus + -aceae

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