family of plants
1family Brassicaceae — noun a large family of plants with four petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives • Syn: ↑Cruciferae, ↑family Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑mustard family • Derivationally related forms:… …
2family Cruciferae — noun a large family of plants with four petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives • Syn: ↑Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑family Brassicaceae, ↑mustard family • Derivationally related forms:… …
3family Linaceae — noun a widely distributed family of plants • Syn: ↑Linaceae, ↑flax family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Meronyms: ↑Linum, ↑genus Linum …
4family Polygonaceae — noun a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats • Syn: ↑Polygonaceae, ↑buckwheat family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Polygonale …
5family Urticaceae — noun a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs • Syn: ↑Urticaceae, ↑nettle family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Urticales, ↑ …
6family Boraginaceae — noun a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit • Syn: ↑Boraginaceae, ↑borage family • Hypernyms: ↑plant family • Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales …
7family Campanulaceae — noun family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae • Syn: ↑Campanulaceae, ↑bellflower family • Hypernyms: ↑plant family • Member Holonyms: ↑Campanulales, ↑order Campanulales …
8family Euphorbiaceae — noun a family of plants of order Geraniales • Syn: ↑Euphorbiaceae, ↑spurge family • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Geraniales, ↑order Geraniales …
9family Grossulariaceae — noun in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry • Syn: ↑Grossulariaceae, ↑gooseberry family • Hypernyms: ↑plant family • Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales …
10family Loganiaceae — noun a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales • Syn: ↑Loganiaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Gentianales, ↑order Gentianales …
