Gesneriaceae

noun

large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales

• Syn: ↑family Gesneriaceae, ↑gesneria family

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales

• Member Meronyms:

↑gesneriad, ↑genus Gesneria, ↑genus Achimenes, ↑genus Aeschynanthus, ↑Alsobia, ↑genus Alsobia, ↑genus Columnea, ↑genus Episcia, ↑genus Gloxinia, ↑gloxinia, ↑genus Kohleria, ↑Saintpaulia, ↑genus Saintpaulia, ↑Sinningia, ↑genus Sinningia, ↑genus Streptocarpus

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\(ˌ)geˌsnirēˈāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Gesneria + -aceae

: a large family of tropical herbs or rarely woody plants (order Polemoniales) having chiefly opposite leaves and strongly zygomorphic flowers