Santalaceae

plural noun

San·​ta·​la·​ce·​ae

ˌsantəˈlāsēˌē

: a family of mostly tropical herbs, shrubs, or rarely trees (order Santalales) that have clustered apetalous monoecious or dioecious flowers, the ovary partly inferior and the fruit a nut or drupe and that include some members which are stem or root parasites

santalaceous

¦⸗⸗¦lāshəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Santalum, type genus + -aceae

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