Associations to the word «Lecythidaceae»

Wiktionary

LECYTHIDACEAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Ericales   — the brazil nut family of tropical trees.

Dictionary definition

LECYTHIDACEAE, noun. Large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins.

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