English noun: acanthus family | |||
1. | acanthus family (plant) widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales | ||
Synonyms | Acanthaceae, family Acanthaceae | ||
Broader (hypernym) | asterid dicot family | ||
Member holonym | genus Acanthus, genus Graptophyllum, genus Thunbergia, Graptophyllum, Thunbergia | ||
Member meronym | order Polemoniales, Polemoniales | ||