balsam family

1. 1.

   distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers

   SynonymsBalsaminaceaefamily Balsaminaceae

   Broaderrosid dicot family

   Part ofGeraniales

Questions about balsam family

What does balsam family mean?

balsam family means "distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers".

What is another word for balsam family?

Close synonyms include Balsaminaceae, family Balsaminaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is balsam family a common word?

balsam family is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.