Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acanthus_family

1 sense of acanthus family

Sense 1
Acanthaceae, family Acanthaceae, acanthus family -- (widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales)
       => asterid dicot family -- (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)