a. Bot. [See prec. and -ACEOUS.] Of or pertaining to the Verbenaceæ, an extensive order of monopetalous (chiefly tropical) plants.
1883. Encycl. Brit., XV. 481/2. The ‘white mangrove’ Avicennia, a verbenaceous plant.
a. Bot. [See prec. and -ACEOUS.] Of or pertaining to the Verbenaceæ, an extensive order of monopetalous (chiefly tropical) plants.
1883. Encycl. Brit., XV. 481/2. The ‘white mangrove’ Avicennia, a verbenaceous plant.
