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DIAPENSIA FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

North temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales

Synonyms:

diapensia family; Diapensiaceae; family Diapensiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "diapensia family"):

genus Diapensia (type genus of Diapensiaceae)

genus Galax (evergreen herbs of southeastern United States)

genus Pyxidanthera; Pyxidanthera (one species: pyxie; the eastern United States)

genus Shortia (evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells)

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

Ericales; order Ericales (Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae)

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