Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun family_nyctaginaceae
1 sense of family nyctaginaceae
Sense 1
Nyctaginaceae, family Nyctaginaceae, Allioniaceae, family Allioniaceae, four-o'clock family -- (a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales)
=> caryophylloid dicot family -- (family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)