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 adjective
¦⸗⸗⸗¦rāshəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Calycera, type genus (irregular from calyc- + Greek keras horn) + -aceae