vəˌlirēəˈnāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Valeriana, type genus + -aceae
: a family of herbs (order Rubiales) chiefly of temperate regions having opposite leaves and mostly cymose flowers, a regular or irregular corolla and free anthers, and an achene fruit crowned with a persistent calyx border
• va·le·ri·a·na·ceous ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|nāshəs adjective