[医] 紫葳科

[ noun ]
trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
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Bignoniaceae \Bignoniaceae\ n.
a natural family comprising the trees or shrubs or woody
vines or herbs having gourdlike or capsular fruit; the are
sometimes placed in the order {Scrophulariales}.

Syn: family {Bignoniaceae}.
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