family Thymelaeaceae

Definitions of family Thymelaeaceae
  1. noun
    family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa
    synonyms: Thymelaeaceae, daphne 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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