noun
monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America
• Syn: ↑Begoniaceae, ↑family Begoniaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales, ↑Hypericales, ↑order Hypericales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Begonia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.