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Noun: family Melastomaceae
  1. A family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals
    - Melastomataceae, family Melastomataceae, Melastomaceae, meadow-beauty family

Type of: rosid dicot family

Part of: Myrtales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales

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family Mayacaceae
family medicine
family Megachilidae
family Megadermatidae
family Megalonychidae
family Megalosauridae
family Megapodiidae
family Megatheriidae
family Melampsoraceae
family Melanthiaceae
family Melastomaceae
family Melastomataceae
family Meleagrididae
family Meliaceae
family Meliphagidae
family Meloidae
family Membracidae
family Menispermaceae
family Menuridae
family Menyanthaceae
family Meropidae