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Webster 1913 Edition
Scitamineous
Scitˊa-min′e-ous
(?; 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. Webster 1828 Edition
Scitamineous
SCITAMIN'EOUS
,Adj.