Vervain Family (Noun)
Meaning
Family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Vervain family includes nearly a thousand species spread across more than one hundred and fifty genera worldwide.
- A lesser-known species from the vervain family grows extensively along rivers in northern Australia.
- Over half the plant species of the vervain family in Mexico exhibit desirable floral colors to various native birds and butterflies.
- Trees of the vervain family account for one quarter of Puerto Rico's woody forest biomass in protected tropical habitats.
- Shrubs belonging to the vervain family inhabit woodland communities characterized by evergreen deciduous foliage interlocking regions globally.