family Melastomataceae

Definitions of family Melastomataceae
  1. noun
    a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals
    synonyms: Melastomaceae, Melastomataceae, family Melastomaceae, meadow-beauty family
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    type of:
    rosid dicot family
    a family of dicotyledonous plants
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