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FAMILY HYDNORACEAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants
Synonyms:
family Hydnoraceae; Hydnoraceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Hydnoraceae" 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)
Holonyms ("family Hydnoraceae" is a member of...):
Aristolochiales; order Aristolochiales (order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary)