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Noun: Nyctaginaceae
  1. A family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
    "The Nyctaginaceae includes many ornamental garden species";
    - family Nyctaginaceae, Allioniaceae, family Allioniaceae, four-o'clock family

Type of: caryophylloid dicot family

Part of: Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales

Encyclopedia: Nyctaginaceae