WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
foxglove family n 1: a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales [syn: Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family]