POLEMONIACEOUS

polemoniaceous

(adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Polemoniaceae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

polemoniaceous (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the plant family Polemoniaceae.

Source: Wiktionary


Pol`e*mo`ni*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniaceæ), which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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