Noun: Tamaricaceae
- Family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes)
"Tamaricaceae plants are well-adapted to salty soils";
- family Tamaricaceae, tamarisk family
Type of: dilleniid dicot family
Part of: Hypericales, order Hypericales, order Parietales, Parietales
Encyclopedia: Tamaricaceae