̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Flacourtia, type genus + -aceae
: a family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs (order Parietales) having flowers with numerous stamens and often with enlarged receptacle and undifferentiated perianth and including the chaulmoogras — see flacourtia
• fla·cour·ti·a·ceous ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|āshəs adjective