n. a natural family of resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees.
n. a natural family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs.
‖n. [ F. (in the Alps), orig., a kind of solid cheese. ] A pinnacle of ice among the crevasses of a glacier; also, one of the blocks into which a glacier breaks on a steep grade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]