Gesneriaceae gesneria • gesneriaceous · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · Gesneriaceae · · Text Latin · · Script 12 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales. Synonyms: family Gesneriaceae, gesneria family. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · G latin capital letter g U+0047 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073