fitolacáceo, a.
(From Phytolacca, name of a genus of plants, and -áceo).
1. adj. Bot. It is said of dicotyledonous flowering plants, usually hairless, with alternate, simple, and membranous or somewhat fleshy leaves, usually hermaphrodite flowers, abayado fruit and sometimes other forms, and albumen starchy seed; e.g. the pokeweed and the ombú. U t. c. s. f.
2. f. pl. Bot. These plant family.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
