franqueniáceo, a.
(From Frankenio, Swedish physician of the seventeenth century, to whom Linnaeus dedicated these plants).
1. adj. Bot. It is said the bushes and shrubs angiospermos dicotiledonous, very ramosos, opposite or whorled leaves without stipules, seated and commonly pink or purple flowers, and filled with tiny seeds engorged fruit; e.g., the albohol. U t. c. s. f.
2. f. pl. Bot. These plant family.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
