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FAMILY POLYGALACEAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Polygalaceae mean?

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

1. trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres

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

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY POLYGALACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Polygalaceae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Polygalaceae; milkwort family; Polygalaceae

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

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "family Polygalaceae"):

genus Polygala; Polygala (type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot)

Holonyms ("family Polygalaceae" 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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