family malpighiaceae

English Thesaurus

1. tropical shrubs or trees (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot family,
definition	:	a family of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus malpighia, malpighia,
definition	:	type genus of the Malpighiaceae (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	geraniales, order geraniales,
definition	:	an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae (noun.plant)