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FAMILY HYDRANGEACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae
Synonyms:
family Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family; Hydrangeaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Hydrangeaceae" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "family Hydrangeaceae"):
genus Hydrangea (type genus of Hydrangeaceae; large genus of shrubs and some trees and vines with white or pink or blue flower clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)
genus Carpenteria (one species; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)
Decumaria; genus Decumaria (small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)
genus Deutzia (genus of ornamental mostly deciduous shrubs native to Asia and Central America; widespread in cultivation; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)
Philadelphaceae; subfamily Philadelphaceae (one genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae)
genus Schizophragma; Schizophragma (small genus of deciduous climbing and creeping shrubs with white flowers in flat clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)
Holonyms ("family Hydrangeaceae" is a member of...):
order Rosales; Rosales (in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae)
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