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POLEMONIALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales
Synonyms:
order Polemoniales; Polemoniales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Polemoniales" is a kind of...):
plant order (the order of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Polemoniales"):
family Verbenaceae; verbena family; Verbenaceae; vervain family (family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees)
family Solanaceae; potato family; Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)
family Scrophulariaceae; figwort family; foxglove family; Scrophulariaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales)
family Pedaliaceae; Pedaliaceae; sesame family (the family of plants of order Polemoniales)
broomrape family; family Orobanchaceae; Orobanchaceae (brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales)
family Martyniaceae; Martyniaceae (in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae)
bladderwort family; family Lentibulariaceae; Lentibulariaceae (carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea)
family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family (a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary)
family Hydrophyllaceae; Hydrophyllaceae; waterleaf family (perennial woodland herbs)
family Gesneriaceae; gesneria family; Gesneriaceae (large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales)
Convolvulaceae; family Convolvulaceae; morning-glory family (morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit)
borage family; Boraginaceae; family Boraginaceae (a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit)
Bignoniaceae; family Bignoniaceae (trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales)
Acanthaceae; acanthus family; family Acanthaceae (widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales)
family Polemoniaceae; phlox family; Polemoniaceae (a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers)
Holonyms ("Polemoniales" is a member of...):
Asteridae; subclass Asteridae (a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder)
