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Webster 1913 Edition

(?; 277)

Adj.

[NL.

scitamineosus

, fr.

Scitamineae

, fr. L.

scitamentum

a delicacy, dainty.]

(Bot.)

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (

Scitamineae

), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.

Adj.

Belonging to the Scitamineae, one of Linne's natural orders of plants.

scitamineous ‎(not comparable)

(obsolete, botany) Of or relating to a natural order of plants (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including ginger, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot, which is now known as the order Zingiberales.