family acanthaceae

1. 1.

   widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales

   SynonymsAcanthaceaeacanthus family

   Broaderasterid dicot family

   Part ofPolemoniales

Questions about family acanthaceae

What does family acanthaceae mean?

family acanthaceae means "widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales".

What is another word for family acanthaceae?

Close synonyms include Acanthaceae, acanthus family. 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 family acanthaceae a common word?

family acanthaceae 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.