Associations to the word «Gesneriaceae»

Wiktionary

GESNERIACEAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Lamiales   — tropical plants, including many ornamentals.

Dictionary definition

GESNERIACEAE, noun. Large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales.

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