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CAPPARIDACEAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia
Synonyms:
caper family; Capparidaceae; family Capparidaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Capparidaceae" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Capparidaceae"):
Capparis; genus Capparis (tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees)
Cleome; genus Cleome (tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs)
Crateva; genus Crateva (tropical genus of small trees or shrubs)
genus Polanisia; Polanisia (widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length)
Holonyms ("Capparidaceae" is a member of...):
order Papaverales; order Rhoeadales; Papaverales; Rhoeadales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)
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