释义 |
po·lyg·o·na·ce·ae \pəˌligəˈnāsēˌē\ noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Polygonum, type genus + -aceae : a family of herbs, shrubs, or trees (order Polygonales) chiefly of the north temperate zone having mostly entire leaves with stipules forming a sheath round the stem and flowers that are spicate and apetalous and including the buckwheats • po·lyg·o·na·ceous \ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|nāshəs\ adjective |