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STONECROP FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Succulent shrubs and herbs

Synonyms:

Crassulaceae; family Crassulaceae; stonecrop family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("stonecrop family" is a kind of...):

plant family (a family of plants)

Meronyms (members of "stonecrop family"):

Crassula; genus Crassula (type genus of Crassulaceae; herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts)

genus Sedum (large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves)

Aeonium; genus Aeonium (a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae)

Holonyms ("stonecrop family" is a member of...):

order Rosales; Rosales (in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae)

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