ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Zygophyllaceae mean?
• ZYGOPHYLLACEAE (noun)
The noun ZYGOPHYLLACEAE has 1 sense:
1. small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea
Familiarity information: ZYGOPHYLLACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ZYGOPHYLLACEAE (noun)
Meaning:
Small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae
Hypernyms ("Zygophyllaceae" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Zygophyllaceae"):
genus Zygophyllum; Zygophyllum (usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers)
Bulnesia; genus Bulnesia (palo santo)
genus Guaiacum; Guaiacum (small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America)
genus Larrea; Larrea (xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States)
genus Tribulus; Tribulus (annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs of warm regions)
Holonyms ("Zygophyllaceae" 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)
