ˌkaləsəˈrāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Calycera, type genus (irregular from calyc- + Greek keras horn) + -aceae — more at cerebral
: a family of So. American herbs or subshrubs (order Campanulales) having flowers in heads like the composites but differing in the variable number of perianth lobes and the more or less distinct anthers
• cal·y·ce·ra·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|rāshəs adjective