Nyctaginaceae
plural noun
Nyc·ta·gi·na·ce·ae
ˌniktəjəˈnāsēˌē
: a family of chiefly American herbs and rarely shrubs or trees (order Caryophyllales) having apetalous flowers with an involucere simulating a calyx and fruit enclosed by the persistent base of the perianth
nyctaginaceous adjective
¦⸗⸗⸗¦nāshəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Nyctagin-, Nyctago, type genus (obsolete synonym of Mirabilis) (from nyct- + -agin-, -ago —as in Plantagin-, Plantago —) + -aceae