See Also: gesneriad(encyclopedia)

miogeocline (iou) and gesneriad (sh)


miogeocline (iou)



miogeocline noun. M20.
[from MIOGEOSYNCLINE.]
Geology. = MIOGEOSYNCLINE.
miogeo'clinal adjective L20.

gesneriad (sh)




Any of more than 1,800 species of mostly tropical and subtropical herbaceous or slightly woody plants in the family Gesneriaceae.

None are of economic importance except as horticultural ornamentals; among the latter are the African violets and gloxinias.