euphorbiaceae
Noun
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A family of plants of order Geraniales (synset 112937695)
is a type of: rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantsmember holonym:
- euphorbia, genus euphorbia - type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
- acalypha, genus acalypha - a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
- genus croton - tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil
- codiaeum, genus codiaeum - evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands
- genus mercurialis, mercurialis - a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
- genus ricinus, ricinus - a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant
- cnidoscolus, genus cnidoscolus - a genus of perennial plant with bristles; belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
- genus jatropha, jatropha - a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
- genus hevea, hevea, rubber tree - small genus of South American trees yielding latex
- genus manihot, manihot - genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava
- aleurites, genus aleurites - candlenut
- genus pedilanthus, pedilanthus - tropical American succulent shrubs
- genus sebastiana, sebastiana - Mexican spurges
belongs to: geraniales, order geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceaesame as: family euphorbiaceae, spurge family
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