a. Bot. Also thymelaceous. [f. mod.L. Thymelæāceæ (or Thymelāceæ), f. specific name (Daphne) Thymelæa, ad. Gr. θυμελαία, f. θύμ-ον THYME + ἐλαία olive-tree: see -ACEOUS.] Belonging to the N.O. Thymelæaceæ or Thymelaceæ.
1837. Penny Cycl., VIII. 307/2. Daphne, a genus of thymelaceous plants.
1848. Smart, Suppl. to Walker, Thymelea,… which gives the name thymelaceous to a natural order.
