(n) trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales, Syn. family Bignoniaceae
n. a natural family comprising the trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having gourdlike or capsular fruit; the are sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales. Syn. -- family Bignoniaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]