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FAMILY MENYANTHACEAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Menyanthaceae mean?

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

1. a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales

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

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY MENYANTHACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buckbean family; family Menyanthaceae; Menyanthaceae

Hypernyms ("family Menyanthaceae" 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 "family Menyanthaceae"):

genus Menyanthes; Menyanthes (the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans)

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

Gentianales; order Gentianales (an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae)

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