| Noun | 1. | genus Aeschynanthus - large genus of East Indian ornamental woody epiphytic plants asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs family Gesneriaceae, gesneria family, Gesneriaceae - large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales aeschynanthus - a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex |