ˌdīəˌpensēˈāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Diapensia, type genus + -aceae
: a family (coextensive with the order Diapensiales or included in Ericales) of chiefly north temperate low evergreen plants having pentamerous flowers and epipetalous stamens and the ovary trilocular — compare galax , pyxidanthera
• di·a·pen·si·aceous ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|āshəs adjective