STONECROP FAMILY
Dictionary entry overview: What does stonecrop family mean?
• STONECROP FAMILY (noun)
The noun STONECROP FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. succulent shrubs and herbs
Familiarity information: STONECROP FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• STONECROP FAMILY (noun)
Meaning:
Succulent shrubs and herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Crassulaceae; family Crassulaceae; stonecrop family
Hypernyms ("stonecrop family" is a kind of...):
plant family (a family of plants)
Meronyms (members of "stonecrop family"):
Crassula; genus Crassula (type genus of Crassulaceae; herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts)
genus Sedum (large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves)
Aeonium; genus Aeonium (a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae)
Holonyms ("stonecrop family" is a member of...):
order Rosales; Rosales (in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae)