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PEDALIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The family of plants of order Polemoniales

Synonyms:

family Pedaliaceae; Pedaliaceae; sesame family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant family (a family of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Pedaliaceae"):

genus Martynia (in some classifications includes the unicorn plants)

genus Sesamum; Sesamum (tropical African and Indian herbs)

genus Proboscidea; Proboscidea (in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants)

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

order Polemoniales; Polemoniales (Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales)

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