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    FAMILY MENYANTHACEAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianalesplay

    Synonyms:

    buckbean family; family Menyanthaceae; Menyanthaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "family Menyanthaceae"):

    genus Menyanthes; Menyanthes (the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans)

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

    Gentianales; order Gentianales (an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae)

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