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polygonaceous

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pol⋅y⋅go⋅na⋅ceous

  [pol-ee-guh-ney-shuhs, puh-lig-uh-ney-]
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–adjective
belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.

Origin:
1870–75; < NL Polygonace(ae) (Polygon(um) the type genus (< Gk polýgonon knotgrass, lit., something with many joints; see poly-, knee, -gon ) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous
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