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GERANIUM FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chiefly herbaceous plants
Synonyms:
family Geraniaceae; Geraniaceae; geranium family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("geranium family" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "geranium family"):
geranium (any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae)
genus Geranium (genus of mostly North American geraniums: cranesbills)
genus Pelargonium; Pelargonium (geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated)
Erodium; genus Erodium (geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions)
Holonyms ("geranium family" is a member of...):
Geraniales; order Geraniales (an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae)
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