plant family
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1. a family of plants (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | gymnosperm family, |
| definition | : | a family of gymnosperms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bellflower family, campanulaceae, family campanulaceae, |
| definition | : | family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dioscoreaceae, family dioscoreaceae, yam family, |
| definition | : | yams (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | erythroxylaceae, family erythroxylaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | crassulaceae, family crassulaceae, stonecrop family, |
| definition | : | succulent shrubs and herbs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family grossulariaceae, gooseberry family, grossulariaceae, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | borage family, boraginaceae, family boraginaceae, |
| definition | : | a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bladderwort family, family lentibulariaceae, lentibulariaceae, |
| definition | : | carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family martyniaceae, martyniaceae, |
| definition | : | in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family pedaliaceae, pedaliaceae, sesame family, |
| definition | : | the family of plants of order Polemoniales (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | kingdom plantae, plant kingdom, plantae, |
| definition | : | (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants (noun.plant) |
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