Associations to the word «Phytolaccaceae»

Wiktionary

PHYTOLACCACEAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales   — pokeweeds.

Dictionary definition

PHYTOLACCACEAE, noun. Chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats