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EUPHORBIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of plants of order Geraniales
Synonyms:
Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Euphorbiaceae" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Euphorbiaceae"):
Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)
Acalypha; genus Acalypha (a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)
genus Croton (tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil)
Codiaeum; genus Codiaeum (evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands)
genus Mercurialis; Mercurialis (a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)
genus Ricinus; Ricinus (a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant)
Cnidoscolus; genus Cnidoscolus (a genus of perennial plant with bristles; belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)
genus Jatropha; Jatropha (a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)
genus Hevea; Hevea; rubber tree (small genus of South American trees yielding latex)
genus Manihot; Manihot (genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava)
Aleurites; genus Aleurites (candlenut)
genus Pedilanthus; Pedilanthus (tropical American succulent shrubs)
genus Sebastiana; Sebastiana (Mexican spurges)
Holonyms ("Euphorbiaceae" is a member of...):
Geraniales; order Geraniales (an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae)
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