family gentianaceae

1. 1.

   chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals

   SynonymsGentianaceaegentian family

   Broaderdicot family

   Part ofGentianales

Questions about family gentianaceae

What does family gentianaceae mean?

family gentianaceae means "chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals".

What is another word for family gentianaceae?

Close synonyms include Gentianaceae, gentian 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 gentianaceae a common word?

family gentianaceae 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.