plant family
Noun
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A family of plants (synset 111765052)
is a type of: family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more generasubtypes:
- gymnosperm family - a family of gymnosperms
- bellflower family, campanulaceae, family campanulaceae - family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae
- dioscoreaceae, family dioscoreaceae, yam family - yams
- erythroxylaceae, family erythroxylaceae - a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit
- crassulaceae, family crassulaceae, stonecrop family - succulent shrubs and herbs
- family grossulariaceae, gooseberry family, grossulariaceae - in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry
- borage family, boraginaceae, family boraginaceae - a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
- bladderwort family, family lentibulariaceae, lentibulariaceae - carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea
- family martyniaceae, martyniaceae - in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae
- family pedaliaceae, pedaliaceae, sesame family - the family of plants of order Polemoniales
belongs to: kingdom plantae, plant kingdom, plantae - (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
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