Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Scitamineous

Scitamineous (?; 277) , adjective

[New Latin scitamineosus, from Scitamineae, from Latin scitamentum a delicacy, dainty.]

(Botany) 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.