Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scitamineous \Scit`a*min"e*ous\ (?; 277), a. [NL. scitamineosus,
   fr. Scitamineae, fr. L. scitamentum a delicacy, dainty.]
   (Bot.)
   Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants
   ({Scitamine[ae]}), mostly tropical herbs, including the
   ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing
   turmeric and arrowroot.