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fa·ga·ce·ae
\fəˈgāsēˌē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Fagus, type genus + -aceae
: a family of trees and shrubs (order Fagales) having the staminate flowers in cymose heads or drooping aments and pistillate flowers with an urn-shaped to oblong perianth that occur singly or in clusters and are succeeded by one-seeded nuts — see castanea, fagus, quercus
• fa·ga·ceous \-āshəs\ adjective |