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LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers
Synonyms:
family Lythraceae; loosestrife family; Lythraceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("loosestrife family" 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 "loosestrife family"):
genus Lythrum; Lythrum (loosestrife)
genus Lagerstroemia; Lagerstroemia (shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers)
Holonyms ("loosestrife family" is a member of...):
Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)
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