Relating to or belonging to the Ammi genus or former Ammiaceae family of aromatic plants in the carrot family.
From the genus name 'Ammi' plus the suffix '-aceous' (from Latin '-aceus,' meaning 'having the nature of'). This botanical adjective developed in scientific Latin to describe plant characteristics and relationships.
The suffix '-aceous' is a botanical secret code—it tells you something belongs to a particular plant family, so 'rosaceous' means rose-family and 'ammiaceous' means Ammi-family, making scientific names systematic shortcuts.
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