Associations to the word «Avicenniaceae»

Wiktionary

AVICENNIACEAE, proper noun. (obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Lamiales   — now treated as subfamily Avicennioideae in family Acanthaceae.

Dictionary definition

AVICENNIACEAE, noun. Used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats