Definition of Family begoniaceae

1. Noun. Monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America.

Exact synonyms: Begonia Family, Begoniaceae
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Genus Begonia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Begoniaceae

family Avicenniaceae
family Azollaceae
family Babesiidae
family Bacillaceae
family Bacteroidaceae
family Balaenicipitidae
family Balaenidae
family Balaenopteridae
family Balanidae
family Balistidae
family Balsaminaceae
family Bangiaceae
family Bathyergidae
family Batidaceae
family Batrachoididae
family Begoniaceae
family Belemnitidae
family Belonidae
family Belostomatidae
family Bennettitaceae
family Berberidaceae
family Betulaceae
family Bible
family Bignoniaceae
family Bittacidae
family Blastodiaceae
family Blattidae
family Blechnaceae
family Blenniidae
family Boidae

Literary usage of Family begoniaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"The latex of Carica Papaya, the Papaw, contains a proteolytic ferment, papain. family begoniaceae.—Flowers EPIGYNOUS, UNISEXUAL ; the male with perianth ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"family begoniaceae. Begonia Family. Contains 4 genera, two with one species, one with 3 species, and Begonia itself with about 200. The plants are succulent ..."

3. Botanical Guide Through the Phipps Conservatories in Pittsburg and Allegheny by Gustave Guttenberg (1894)
"... more than he imagined—nay, he has been immortalized—by having his name bestowed upon this genus and upon the family (Begoniaceae) to which it belongs. ..."

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