noun
a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs
• Syn: ↑Droseraceae, ↑family Droseraceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sarraceniales, ↑order Sarraceniales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Drosera, ↑genus Drosera, ↑Dionaea, ↑genus Dionaea, ↑Aldrovanda, ↑genus Aldrovanda, ↑Drosophyllum, ↑genus Drosophyllum
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nounUseful english dictionary. 2012.