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SUNDEW FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs
Synonyms:
Droseraceae; family Droseraceae; sundew family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sundew family" is a kind of...):
dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "sundew family"):
Drosera; genus Drosera (the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants)
Dionaea; genus Dionaea (a genus of the family Droseraceae)
Aldrovanda; genus Aldrovanda (one species: waterwheel plant)
Drosophyllum; genus Drosophyllum (one species)
Holonyms ("sundew family" is a member of...):
order Sarraceniales; Sarraceniales (plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae)
