plumbagineous

Meaning

Adjective

  • Pertaining to the family (Plumbaginaceae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The family includes also statice, the thrift, and a few other genera.

Origin

  • Plumbaginaceae -ous

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