We found 2 definitions of melastomataceae from 2 different sources.
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melastomataceae - a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals | ||
family Melastomataceae, Melastomaceae, family Melastomaceae, meadow-beauty family | ||
rosid dicot family a family of dicotyledonous plants | ||
myrtales, order myrtales, order thymelaeales, thymelaeales Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae | ||
genus melastoma, melastoma type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries | ||
genus medinilla, medinilla tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers |