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CAMPANULACEAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae
Synonyms:
bellflower family; Campanulaceae; family Campanulaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Campanulaceae" is a kind of...):
plant family (a family of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Campanulaceae"):
genus Campanula (large genus of herbs grown for their blossoms: bellflowers)
genus Lobelia (in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae)
Holonyms ("Campanulaceae" is a member of...):
Campanulales; order Campanulales (an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae)