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NEPENTHACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Nepenthes
Synonyms:
family Nepenthaceae; Nepenthaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nepenthaceae" 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 "Nepenthaceae"):
genus Nepenthes; Nepenthes (pitcher plants)
Holonyms ("Nepenthaceae" is a member of...):
order Sarraceniales; Sarraceniales (plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae)