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FAMILY STAPHYLACEAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone
Synonyms:
bladdernut family; family Staphylaceae; Staphylaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Staphylaceae" 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)
Meronyms (members of "family Staphylaceae"):
genus Staphylea; Staphylea (a genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae)
Holonyms ("family Staphylaceae" is a member of...):
order Sapindales; Sapindales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)