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PLANT FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of plants
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("plant family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plant family"):
gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)
bellflower family; Campanulaceae; family Campanulaceae (family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae)
Dioscoreaceae; family Dioscoreaceae; yam family (yams)
Erythroxylaceae; family Erythroxylaceae (a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit)
Crassulaceae; family Crassulaceae; stonecrop family (succulent shrubs and herbs)
family Grossulariaceae; gooseberry family; Grossulariaceae (in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry)
borage family; Boraginaceae; family Boraginaceae (a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit)
bladderwort family; family Lentibulariaceae; Lentibulariaceae (carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea)
family Martyniaceae; Martyniaceae (in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae)
family Pedaliaceae; Pedaliaceae; sesame family (the family of plants of order Polemoniales)
Holonyms ("plant family" is a member of...):
kingdom Plantae; plant kingdom; Plantae ((botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants)
