1. chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia and Hibbertia; [syn: Dilleniaceae, family Dilleniaceae]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
family Dilleniaceae
n 1: chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having
leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera
Dillenia and Hibbertia [syn: Dilleniaceae, family
Dilleniaceae]