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POKEWEED FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma
Synonyms:
family Phytolaccaceae; Phytolaccaceae; pokeweed family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pokeweed family" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot family (family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "pokeweed family"):
genus Phytolacca; Phytolacca (type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed)
Agdestis; genus Agdestis (a genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates)
Ercilla; genus Ercilla (a genus of evergreen climbers)
genus Rivina; Rivina (small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America)
genus Trichostigma; Trichostigma (a genus of erect or climbing shrubs found in tropical South America)
Holonyms ("pokeweed family" is a member of...):
Caryophyllales; Chenopodiales; order-Chenopodiales; order Caryophyllales (corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae)
