Calyceraceae

plural noun

Cal·​y·​ce·​ra·​ce·​ae

ˌkaləsəˈrāsēˌē

: a family of South American herbs or subshrubs (order Campanulales) having flowers in heads like the composites but differing in the variable number of perianth lobes and the more or less distinct anthers

calyceraceous

¦⸗⸗⸗¦rāshəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Calycera, type genus (irregular from calyc- + Greek keras horn) + -aceae

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