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    FAMILY ZINGIBERACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musalesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Zingiberaceae; ginger family; Zingiberaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

    Meronyms (members of "family Zingiberaceae"):

    genus Zingiber; Zingiber (tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger)

    Curcuma; genus Curcuma (tropical Asiatic perennial herbs)

    Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet (perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes)

    Aframomum; genus Aframomum (an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae)

    Elettaria; genus Elettaria (cardamom)

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

    Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)

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