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Campanulaceous - 2 dictionary results

cam⋅pan⋅u⋅la⋅ceous

   [kam-pan-yuh-ley-shuhs]
–adjective
belonging to the Campanulaceae, the bellflower family of plants.

Origin:
1820–30; < NL Campanulace(ae) name of the family (see campanula, -aceae ) + -ous
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Campanulaceous

Cam*pan`u*la"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Camponulace[ae]) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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