1. trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales; [syn: Bignoniaceae, family Bignoniaceae]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
family Bignoniaceae
n 1: trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit
resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the
order Scrophulariales [syn: Bignoniaceae, family
Bignoniaceae]