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WATER-MILFOIL FAMILY

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Meaning:

A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales

Synonyms:

family Haloragaceae; family Haloragidaceae; Haloragaceae; Haloragidaceae; water-milfoil family

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("water-milfoil 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 "water-milfoil family"):

genus Myriophyllum; Myriophyllum (chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils))

Holonyms ("water-milfoil family" 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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