| Noun | 1. | family Theaceae - a family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Hypericales, order Hypericales, order Parietales, Parietales - a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae genus Camellia - tropical Asiatic evergreen shrubs or small trees |