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Noun: Acanthaceae
  1. Widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
    "Many ornamental plants belong to the family Acanthaceae";
    - family Acanthaceae, acanthus family

Type of: asterid dicot family

Part of: order Polemoniales, Polemoniales

Encyclopedia: Acanthaceae