Noun | 1. | ![]() asterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs order Polemoniales, Polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales genus Acanthus - bear's breeches genus Graptophyllum, Graptophyllum - caricature plant genus Thunbergia, Thunbergia - a genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae |