restiaceous
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English
Etymology
Restiaceae + -ous
Adjective
restiaceous (not comparable)
- (botany, obsolete) Belonging or relating to the Restiaceae (now Restionaceae), a family of rush-like plants.
- 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.
Related terms
References
- “restiaceous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “restiaceous”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Restionaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Restionaceae at APWeb
