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PASSIONFLOWER FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tropical woody tendril-climbing vines

Synonyms:

family Passifloraceae; Passifloraceae; passionflower family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "passionflower family"):

genus Passiflora; Passiflora (type genus of the Passifloraceae)

Holonyms ("passionflower family" is a member of...):

Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)

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