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FAMILY MENISPERMACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbaceous or woody climbers
Synonyms:
family Menispermaceae; Menispermaceae; moonseed family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Menispermaceae" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "family Menispermaceae"):
genus Menispermum; Menispermum (climbing herbs)
moonseed (plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds)
Cocculus; genus Cocculus (climbing plants or shrubs)
Holonyms ("family Menispermaceae" is a member of...):
order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)
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