| 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 | ||