ˌsiˌklanˈthāsēˌē, ˌsī- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Cyclanthus, type genus + -aceae
: a small family of plants (order Cyclanthales) that resemble palms and have monoecious flowers in dense alternating spirals or whorls around a fleshy spadix
• cyc·lan·tha·ceous | ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷|thāshəs adjective