-ˌla(a)rēˈāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Globularia, type genus + -aceae
: a family of perennial herbs or small heathlike shrubs of the order Polemoniales with obovate entire often radical leaves and flowers in dense usually globular heads
• glob·u·lar·i·a·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|āshəs adjective