restiaceous
English edit
Etymology edit
Restiaceae + -ous
Adjective edit
restiaceous (not comparable)
- (botany, obsolete) Belonging or relating to the Restiaceae (now Restionaceae), a family of rush-like plants. [from 1810]
- 1867, Thomas Moore, British Wild Flower:
- The little family of Restiaceous plants is represented in our flora by a small aquatic tufted plant, found in the Hebrides and in Ireland, and called the Jointed Eriocaulon.
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References edit
- “restiaceous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “restiaceous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Restionaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Restionaceae at APWeb