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BALSAM FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers

Synonyms:

balsam family; Balsaminaceae; family Balsaminaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("balsam family" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "balsam family"):

genus Impatiens (annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent; cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand)

Holonyms ("balsam family" is a member of...):

Geraniales; order Geraniales (an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae)

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