The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Loasaceae \Loasaceae\ n.
   A natural family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants;
   America and Africa and Southern Arabia.

   Syn: family Loasaceae, loasa family.
        [WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Loasaceae
    n 1: family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America
         and Africa and southern Arabia [syn: Loasaceae, family
         Loasaceae, loasa family]