crassulaceous

[ kras-yoo-ley-shuhs ]

adjective

1. belonging to the Crassulaceae, the stonecrop family of plants.

crassulaceous

/ ˌkræsjʊˈleɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Crassulaceae, a family of herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants with fleshy succulent leaves, including the houseleeks and stonecrops

Word History and Origins

Origin of crassulaceous¹

1650–60; < New Latin Crassulace ( ae ) (equivalent to Crassul ( a ) genus name ( Medieval Latin crassula; crass, -ule ) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of crassulaceous¹

C19: from New Latin Crassula name of genus, from Medieval Latin: stonecrop, from Latin crassus thick

Example Sentences

Succulent specimens, as many of the Orchidaceae and sedums and various other Crassulaceous plants, require to be killed by immersion in boiling water before being placed in drying paper, or, instead of becoming dry, they will grow between the sheets.

From Project Gutenberg

In other instances the peltate leaves become more or less hollow, constituting broad ascidia as in the case of the crassulaceous genus Umbilicus.

From Project Gutenberg

It is called Othonna crassifolia and has fleshy, nearly cylindrical leaves, and exactly mimics some of the crassulaceous species.

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