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acanthus family

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Noun1.acanthus family - widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
Acanthaceae, family Acanthaceae
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


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