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VALERIANACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor

Synonyms:

family Valerianaceae; valerian family; Valerianaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

asterid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Valerianaceae"):

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 ("Valerianaceae" is a member of...):

order Rubiales; Rubiales (an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary)

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