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