gesneriáceo, a.
(Of Gesneria, name of a genus of plants and -áceo).
1. adj. Bot. He says of the Angiosperms dicotyledonous plants, herbaceous, rarely Woody, related to the Scrophulariaceae and orobanchaceae, which differ by certain morphological characters of their ovaries. Almost all live in tropical countries, and there are many ornamental and very appreciated in gardening; as the gloxínea. U t. c. s. f.
2. f. pl. Bot. These plant family.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
