noun
small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States
• Syn: ↑Fouquieriaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales, ↑Hypericales, ↑order Hypericales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Fouquieria, ↑genus Fouquieria
Useful english dictionary. 2012.