What is "loasaceae"

Loasaceae \Loasaceae\ n. A natural family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and Southern Arabia.

Syn: family Loasaceae, loasa family.

Loasaceae is a family of 15–20 genera and about 200–260 species of flowering plants in the order Cornales, native to the Americas and Africa. Members of the family include annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous plants, and a few shrubs and small trees.