Trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules

• Sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bignoniaceae \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 .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Bignoniaceae , the bignonias , are a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales . It is not known to which of the other families in the order it is most closely related. Nearly all of the Bignoniaceae are woody plants , but a few are subwoody, ...