pokeweed family
Noun
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Chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma (synset 111875229)
is a type of: caryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersmember holonym:
- genus phytolacca, phytolacca - type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed
- agdestis, genus agdestis - a genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates
- ercilla, genus ercilla - a genus of evergreen climbers
- genus rivina, rivina - small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America
- genus trichostigma, trichostigma - a genus of erect or climbing shrubs found in tropical South America
belongs to: caryophyllales, chenopodiales, order caryophyllales, order-chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermaesame as: family phytolaccaceae, phytolaccaceae
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