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ver⋅be⋅na⋅ceous

   [vur-buh-ney-shuhs]
–adjective
belonging to the plant family Verbenaceae.

Origin:
1880–85; < NL Verbenace(ae) (see verbena, -aceae ) + -ous
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Verbenaceous

Ver`be*na"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenace[ae]) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom.

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