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

1 sense of family scrophulariaceae

Sense 1
Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family -- (a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales)
       => asterid dicot family -- (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)