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nyc·ta·gi·na·ce·ae
\ˌniktəjəˈnāsēˌē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Nyctagin-, Nyctago, type genus (obsolete synonym of Mirabilis) (from nyct- + -agin-, -ago — as in Plantagin-, Plantago — ) + -aceae
: a family of chiefly American herbs and rarely shrubs or trees (order Caryophyllales) having apetalous flowers with an involucere simulating a calyx and fruit enclosed by the persistent base of the perianth
• nyc·ta·gi·na·ceous \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|nāshəs\ adjective |