Rhinanthaceae

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plural noun

Rhi·​nan·​tha·​ce·​ae

ˌrīˌnanˈthāsēˌē

in some especially former classifications

: a family of dicotyledonous plants that includes those figworts having the lower lip or lateral lobes of the corolla external in the bud

Rhinanthaceae

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taxonomic synonym of scrophulariaceae

Word History

Etymology

Plural noun

New Latin, from Rhinanthus, type genus + -aceae

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