ˌthēəfraˈstāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Theophrasta, type genus (after Theophrastus, who wrote treatises on botany) + -aceae
: a family of mainly tropical trees and shrubs (order Primulales) distinguished from Myrsinaceae mainly by staminodia in the flowers
• the·o·phras·ta·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|stāshəs adjective