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TROPAEOLACEAE

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum

Synonyms:

family Tropaeolaceae; nasturtium family; Tropaeolaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Tropaeolaceae" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Tropaeolaceae"):

genus Tropaeolum; Tropaeolum (a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae)

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

Geraniales; order Geraniales (an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae)

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