(ˌ)kamˈpanyəˈlāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Campanula, type genus + -aceae
: a large family of dicotyledonous plants (order Campanulales) including herbs, shrubs, trees, and some climbers and having an acrid mostly milky juice, alternate leaves, and rather showy usually regular flowers
• cam·pan·u·la·ceous | ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|lāshəs, ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective