English noun: family Melastomaceae | |||
1. | family Melastomaceae (plant) a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals | ||
Synonyms | family Melastomataceae, meadow-beauty family, Melastomaceae, Melastomataceae | ||
Broader (hypernym) | rosid dicot family | ||
Member holonym | genus Medinilla, genus Melastoma, genus Rhexia, Medinilla, Melastoma, Rhexia | ||
Member meronym | Myrtales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales | ||