genus lobelia

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1. in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	lobelia,
definition	:	any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	bellflower family, campanulaceae, family campanulaceae,
definition	:	family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae (noun.plant)