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TRAPACEAE

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Meaning:

Family comprising solely the genus Trapa; in some classifications treated as a subfamily or tribe of the family Onagraceae

Synonyms:

family Trapaceae; Trapaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Trapaceae" 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 "Trapaceae"):

genus Trapa; Trapa (small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs: water chestnut)

Holonyms ("Trapaceae" is a member of...):

Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)

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