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PHILADELPHACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae

Synonyms:

Philadelphaceae; subfamily Philadelphaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Philadelphaceae"):

genus Philadelphus (mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

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

family Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family; Hydrangeaceae (sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae)

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