HyperDic: loasaceae

English > 1 sense of the word Loasaceae:
NOUNplantLoasaceae, family Loasaceae, loasa familyfamily of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants
English > Loasaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfamily of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia.
Synonymsfamily Loasaceae, loasa family
Member ofParietales, order Parietales, Hypericales, order HypericalesA large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
MembersMentzelia, genus Mentzeliagenus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs
genus Loasagenus of tropical American prickly herbs or subshrubs
Broaderdilleniid dicot familyfamily of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs

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