A plant family or botanical classification term, possibly referring to dwarf or ground-hugging plant forms.
From Greek 'chamai' meaning 'on the ground' combined with botanical Latin '-aceae' family suffix. Used in scientific plant taxonomy to describe characteristics related to growth habit.
The Greek root 'chamai' shows up in lots of plant names meaning 'dwarf' or 'ground-level'—it's how botanists encoded information about how a plant grows right into its scientific name.
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