glob·u·lar·i·a·ce·ae \-ˌla(a)rēˈāsēˌē\noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Globularia, type genus + -aceae : a family of perennial herbs or small heathlike shrubs of the order Polemoniales with obovate entire often radical leaves and flowers in dense usually globular heads • glob·u·lar·i·a·ceous\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|āshəs\adjective