ternstrœmiaceous, a. Bot.
(tɜːnstreɪmɪˈeɪʃəs)
[f. mod.L. Ternstrœmiāceæ (f. Ternstroœmia, a genus named after Ternström, a Swedish naturalist) + -ous.]
Belonging to the Ternstrœmiaceæ, an order of tropical trees and shrubs, with showy white (sometimes pink or red) flowers, generally borne in racemes; it includes the tea-plant and the camellia, and many plants valued as flowering shrubs.
| 1885 H. O. Forbes Nat. Wand. E. Archip. 400 Through dense forest, full of Ternstrœmiaceous trees. |