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MELASTOMATACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals

Synonyms:

family Melastomaceae; family Melastomataceae; meadow-beauty family; Melastomaceae; Melastomataceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Melastomataceae"):

genus Melastoma; Melastoma (type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries)

genus Medinilla; Medinilla (tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers)

genus Rhexia; Rhexia (deer grass)

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

Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)

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