family Acanthaceae

family Acanthaceae
noun
widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family
Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales

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