HyperDic: family_acanthaceae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Acanthaceae:
NOUNplantfamily Acanthaceae, Acanthaceae, acanthus familywidely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees
English > family Acanthaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwidely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales.
SynonymsAcanthaceae, acanthus family
Member ofPolemoniales, order PolemonialesPolemoniaceae
MembersGraptophyllum, genus Graptophyllumcaricature plant
Thunbergia, genus ThunbergiaA genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae
genus Acanthusbear's breeches
Broaderasterid dicot familyfamily of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanishacantáceas
Catalanacantàcia, acantàcies, Acanthaceae

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