family Lythraceae

Definitions of family Lythraceae
  1. noun
    herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers
    synonyms: Lythraceae, loosestrife family
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    type of:
    dicot family, magnoliopsid family
    family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
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