melastomaceous
/mɪˌlastəˈmeɪʃəs/Botany
adjective
Belonging to the family Melastomaceae (now Melastomataceae).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Loudon (1783–1843), landscape gardener and horticultural writer. From Melastoma + -aceous, probably after scientific Latin Melastomaceae, family name.
- pitching pence
- pitching piece
- pitching stone
- pitching temperature
- pitching yeast
- pitch inspection
- pitch into
- pitch invasion
- pitch kettle
- pitch-kettled
- pitch knot
- pitch length
- pitch-like
- pitch line
- pitchman
- pitch mark
- pitch meter
- pitch-notation
- pitch note
- pitch of the ball
- pitch-oil
- pitch opal
- pitchout
- pitch-penny
- pitch-perfect