noun
a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllales, ↑order Caryophyllales, ↑Chenopodiales, ↑order-Chenopodiales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Nyctaginia, ↑genus Nyctaginia, ↑Abronia, ↑genus Abronia, ↑Allionia, ↑genus Allionia, ↑genus Bougainvillea, ↑Bougainvillaea, ↑genus Bougainvillaea, ↑Mirabilis, ↑genus Mirabilis, ↑Pisonia, ↑genus Pisonia
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Nyctaginaceae /nik-tə-ji-nāˈsi-ē/
plural noun
A family of mainly tropical American plants, including bougainvillea, and the marvel of Peru, related to the goosefoots and the pinks
ORIGIN: Gr nyx, nyktos night
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nyctagināˈceous adjective
Useful english dictionary. 2012.