| English noun: family Gesneriaceae | 
| 1. | family Gesneriaceae (plant) large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales | 
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 | Synonyms | gesneria family, Gesneriaceae | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | asterid dicot family | 
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 | Member holonym | Alsobia, genus Achimenes, genus Aeschynanthus, genus Alsobia, genus Columnea, genus Episcia, genus Gesneria, genus Gloxinia, genus Kohleria, genus Saintpaulia, genus Sinningia, genus Streptocarpus, gesneriad, gloxinia, Saintpaulia, Sinningia | 
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 | Member meronym | order Polemoniales, Polemoniales | 
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