Noun: family Melastomataceae
- A family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals
"The family Melastomataceae includes many colourful garden plants";
- Melastomataceae, Melastomaceae, family Melastomaceae, meadow-beauty family
Type of: rosid dicot family
Part of: Myrtales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales