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NELUMBONACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

In some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo

Synonyms:

Nelumbonaceae; subfamily Nelumbonaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

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

magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Nelumbonaceae"):

genus Nelumbo; Nelumbo (sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses)

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

family Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family (dicot aquatic plants)

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