litráceo, a.
(Of thelat.)lythrum, n. scientific. (of the salicaria, and -áceo).
1. adj. Bot. It is said of herbs and dicotiledonous angiospermos shrubs, often opposite, entire leaves, Flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, solitary or in spikes, and fruit capsule coriaceous tegument angular seeds; e.g. the salicaria. U t. c. s. f.
2. f. pl. Bot. These plant family.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
