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VALERIAN FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor
Synonyms:
family Valerianaceae; valerian family; Valerianaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("valerian family" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "valerian family"):
genus Valeriana; Valeriana (genus of widely distributed perennial herbs and some shrubs)
genus Valerianella; Valerianella (genus of Old World annual herbs widely naturalized)
Centranthus; genus Centranthus (genus of southern European herbs and subshrubs)
Holonyms ("valerian family" is a member of...):
order Rubiales; Rubiales (an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary)
