gesneria_family
1. [ noun ] (biology,botany) large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales
Synonyms: family_Gesneriaceae Gesneriaceae
Related terms: asterid_dicot_family Polemoniales genus_Columnea genus_Achimenes genus_Gesneria genus_Kohleria Alsobia genus_Episcia genus_Gloxinia gloxinia genus_Aeschynanthus Saintpaulia Sinningia genus_Streptocarpus gesneriad
Similar spelling:   Gesneriaceae