caprifoliaceous

caprifoliaceous

(ˌkæprɪˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs)
adj
(Plants) of, relating to, or belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of N temperate shrubs, small trees, and climbers including honeysuckle, elder, and guelder-rose
[C19: from New Latin caprifoliāceae, from caprifolium type genus, from Medieval Latin: honeysuckle, from Latin caper goat + folium leaf]
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However, he had earlier established the same binomial (MacGinitie, 1953) based on morphologically distinct specimens from the late Eocene Florissant flora which were subsequently reassigned to the caprifoliaceous genus Diplodipelta (Manchester & Donoghue, 1995).
Phylogenetic distribution and identification of fin-winged fruits

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