n. a natural family of dipterous insects comprising the bee flies.
v. i. To make as pliable as kid leather. [ Obs. ] Br. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; it comprises 17 families including:
n. a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including