单词 | melastomaceous |
释义 | Melastomaceae /me-lə-stō-māˈsi-ē or -māˈshi-ē/plural nounA tropical family of plants related to the myrtles, very abundant in S America, characterized by the leaf-veins diverging from the base and meeting at the tip, named from the Old World genus Melastoma/mi-lasˈtō-mə/ ORIGIN: Gr melās black, and stoma mouth, from the staining effect of its fruit on the lips melastomāˈceous adjective |
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