Rapateaceae
plural noun
Ra·pa·te·a·ce·ae
rəˌpātēˈāsēˌē
: a family of South American herbs (order Xyridales) somewhat resembling members of the family Juncaceae and having a greenish perianth in two series, six anthers, and numerous capitate flowers subtended by two foliaceous bracts
rapateaceous adjective
⸗¦⸗⸗¦āshəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Rapatea, type genus (probably from a native name in Guiana) + -aceae
- polystomatous
- polystome
- Polystomea
- Polystomidae
- polystylar
- polystyle
- polystyrene
- polystyrenes
- polysulfide
- polysulfide rubber
- polysulfides
- polysulfuration
- polysyllabic
- polysyllabically
- polysyllabism
- polysyllable
- polysyllables
- polysyllogism
- polysyllogisms
- polysyllogistic
- polysymmetrical
- polysymmetrically
- polysynaptic
- polysynaptically
- polysyndetic