fagaceous

Pronunciation key ( fə-gā′shəs )

fag•a•ceous

adj. Botany. [< Mod. L. fagaceae name of the family < fagus see BEECH]

Of the beech family of plants; beech, oak, chestnut.

Pertaining to a large family, fagaceae of trees and shrubs having alternate simple leaves, sterile flowers, one cell, one-seeded nuts, the beech family.

References

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1976