POLEMONIACEOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polemoniaceous mean? 

• POLEMONIACEOUS (adjective)
  The adjective POLEMONIACEOUS has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Polemoniaceae

  Familiarity information: POLEMONIACEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLEMONIACEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Polemoniaceae

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

family Polemoniaceae (a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers)

Derivation:

Polemoniaceae (a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers)