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FAMILY LENTIBULARIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea
Synonyms:
bladderwort family; family Lentibulariaceae; Lentibulariaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Lentibulariaceae" is a kind of...):
plant family (a family of plants)
Meronyms (members of "family Lentibulariaceae"):
genus Utricularia; Utricularia (bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution)
genus Pinguicula; Pinguicula (butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica)
genus Genlisea (small genus of carnivorous plants of tropical African swamps)
Holonyms ("family Lentibulariaceae" is a member of...):
order Polemoniales; Polemoniales (Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales)
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