Aizoaceae

plural noun

Ai·​zo·​a·​ce·​ae

ā-ˌī-zə-ˈwā-sē-ˌē

: a family of herbs or small shrubs (order Caryophyllales) with solitary or cymose flowers and capsular fruit (as the carpetweed and the fig marigolds)

aizoaceous

ā-¦ī-zə-¦wā-shəs

¦ā-ˌī-

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Aizoon, type genus + -aceae

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

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