- nyctaginaceous
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/nik'teuh jeuh nay"sheuhs/, adj.belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants. Cf. four-o'clock family.[ < NL Nyctagin- (s. of Nyctago old name of genus, equiv. to nyct- NYCT- + L -ago n. suffix) + -ACEOUS]
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Universalium. 2010.