Crassulaceae

plural noun

Cras·​su·​la·​ce·​ae

: a family of mostly fleshy herbs and subshrubs (order Rosales) having a scalelike gland at the base of each of the three or more connate pistils compare sedum, stonecrop

crassulaceous

¦⸗⸗¦lāshəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Crassula, type genus + -aceae

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