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BUCKBEAN FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales
Synonyms:
buckbean family; family Menyanthaceae; Menyanthaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("buckbean family" is a kind of...):
dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "buckbean family"):
genus Menyanthes; Menyanthes (the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans)
Holonyms ("buckbean family" is a member of...):
Gentianales; order Gentianales (an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae)
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