loganiaceous [loh-gey-nee-ey-shuh s] WORD ORIGIN adjective belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae. Liberaldictionary.com
Compare logania family. Origin of loganiaceous New Latin Loganiace(ae) (see logania, -aceae) + -ous Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for loganiaceous loganiaceous adjective of, relating to, or belonging to the Loganiaceae, a tropical and subtropical family of plants that includes nux vomica, pinkroot, and gelsemium Word Origin for loganiaceous C19: from New Latin Logania, named after James Logan (1674–1751) Irish-American botanist Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012