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BELLFLOWER FAMILY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does bellflower family mean?

• BELLFLOWER FAMILY (noun)
The noun BELLFLOWER FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae

Familiarity information: BELLFLOWER FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

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• BELLFLOWER FAMILY (noun)

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Meaning:

Family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bellflower family; Campanulaceae; family Campanulaceae

Hypernyms ("bellflower family" is a kind of...):

plant family (a family of plants)

Meronyms (members of "bellflower family"):

genus Campanula (large genus of herbs grown for their blossoms: bellflowers)

genus Lobelia (in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae)

Holonyms ("bellflower family" is a member of...):

Campanulales; order Campanulales (an order or plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae)

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