BALSAM FAMILY
Dictionary entry overview: What does balsam family mean? • BALSAM FAMILY (noun)
The noun BALSAM FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers
Familiarity information: BALSAM FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BALSAM FAMILY (noun)
Meaning:
Distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
balsam family; Balsaminaceae; family Balsaminaceae
Hypernyms ("balsam family" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "balsam family"):
genus Impatiens (annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent; cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand)
Holonyms ("balsam family" 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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