Noun | 1. | Allioniaceae - a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales caryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae genus Nyctaginia, Nyctaginia - a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species Abronia, genus Abronia - genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers Allionia, genus Allionia - small genus of chiefly American herbs genus Mirabilis, Mirabilis - four o'clocks genus Pisonia, Pisonia - genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America |