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PAEONIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America
Synonyms:
family Paeoniaceae; Paeoniaceae; peony family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Paeoniaceae" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Paeoniaceae"):
genus Paeonia; Paeonia (peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers)
Holonyms ("Paeoniaceae" 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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