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FUMARIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn

Synonyms:

family Fumariaceae; Fumariaceae; fumitory family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Fumariaceae" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Fumariaceae"):

Fumaria; genus Fumaria (annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base)

Adlumia; genus Adlumia (one species: climbing fumitory)

Dicentra; genus Dicentra (North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers)

Holonyms ("Fumariaceae" is a member of...):

order Papaverales; order Rhoeadales; Papaverales; Rhoeadales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)

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