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FAMILY MALPIGHIACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tropical shrubs or trees

Synonyms:

family Malpighiaceae; Malpighiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "family Malpighiaceae"):

genus Malpighia; Malpighia (type genus of the Malpighiaceae)

Holonyms ("family Malpighiaceae" 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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