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PHLOX FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers
Synonyms:
family Polemoniaceae; phlox family; Polemoniaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phlox family" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "phlox family"):
genus Polemonium (type genus of the Polemoniaceae)
genus Phlox (herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico)
genus Linanthus; Linanthus (a genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae; found in western United States)
Holonyms ("phlox family" is a member of...):
order Polemoniales; Polemoniales (Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales)
