English > Melastomaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals. |
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| Synonyms | Melastomataceae, family Melastomataceae, family Melastomaceae, meadow-beauty family |
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| Member of | Myrtales, order Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order Thymelaeales | Myrtaceae |
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| Members | Medinilla, genus Medinilla | Tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers |
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| Melastoma, genus Melastoma | type genus of Melastomataceae |
| Rhexia, genus Rhexia | deer grass |
| Broader | rosid dicot family | A family of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Spanish | Melastomaceae, melastomatáceas |
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| Catalan | melastomatàcia, melastomatàcies |
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