family melastomaceae

Noun
  1. A family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales;
    Many are cultivated as ornamentals (synset 112369291)
    is a type of: rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants
    member holonym:
    • genus melastoma, melastoma - type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries
    • genus medinilla, medinilla - tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers
    • genus rhexia, rhexia - deer grass
    belongs to: myrtales, order myrtales, order thymelaeales, thymelaeales - Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
    same as: family melastomataceae, meadow-beauty family, melastomaceae, melastomataceae

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