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Noun: Gesneriaceae
  1. Large family of tropical herbs, shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales
    - family Gesneriaceae, gesneria family

Type of: asterid dicot family

Part of: order Polemoniales, Polemoniales

Encyclopedia: Gesneriaceae