Associations to the word «Combretaceae»

Wiktionary

COMBRETACEAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Myrtales   — numerous flowering trees, shrubs and lianas.

Dictionary definition

COMBRETACEAE, noun. A family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope