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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VALERIANACEOUS

VALERIANACEOUS Va *le `ri *an *a "ceous, a. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccæ ) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.