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GERANIUM FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chiefly herbaceous plants

Synonyms:

family Geraniaceae; Geraniaceae; geranium family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "geranium family"):

geranium (any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae)

genus Geranium (genus of mostly North American geraniums: cranesbills)

genus Pelargonium; Pelargonium (geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated)

Erodium; genus Erodium (geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions)

Holonyms ("geranium family" 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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