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NEPENTHACEAE

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Nepenthes

Synonyms:

family Nepenthaceae; Nepenthaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Nepenthaceae"):

genus Nepenthes; Nepenthes (pitcher plants)

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

order Sarraceniales; Sarraceniales (plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae)

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