Associations to the word «Acanthaceae»

Wiktionary

ACANTHACEAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Lamiales   — the acanthuses and related plants, with a wide range and having flowers with two or four stamens.

Dictionary definition

ACANTHACEAE, noun. Widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope