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FAMILY CERATOPHYLLACEAE

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts

Synonyms:

Ceratophyllaceae; family Ceratophyllaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "family Ceratophyllaceae"):

Ceratophyllum; genus Ceratophyllum (constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts)

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

order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)

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