noun
family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees
• Syn: ↑Verbenaceae, ↑family Verbenaceae, ↑verbena family
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales
• Member Meronyms:
↑genus Verbena, ↑Avicennia, ↑genus Avicennia, ↑Avicenniaceae, ↑family Avicenniaceae, ↑Aegiceras, ↑genus Aegiceras, ↑Tectona, ↑genus Tectona
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nounUseful english dictionary. 2012.