noun
small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States
• Syn: ↑family Fouquieriaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales, ↑Hypericales, ↑order Hypericales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Fouquieria, ↑genus Fouquieria
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\(ˌ)füˌkirēˈāsēˌē, ˌfükēˌir-, ˌfükēˌer-\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a small family of spiny shrubs of trees (order Parietales) of southwestern No. America
Useful english dictionary. 2012.