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PRIMROSE FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
Synonyms:
family Primulaceae; primrose family; Primulaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("primrose 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 "primrose family"):
genus Primula (very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers)
Anagallis; genus Anagallis (chiefly Old World herbs)
Centunculus; genus Centunculus (a dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae)
genus Cyclamen (genus of widely cultivated flowering Eurasian herbs with centrally depressed rounded tubers and rounded heart-shaped leaves)
genus Glaux; Glaux (sea milkwort)
genus Hottonia; Hottonia (aquatic herbs)
genus Lysimachia; Lysimachia (loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive)
genus Samolus; Samolus (genus of herbs usually growing in salt marshes: water pimpernels)
Holonyms ("primrose family" is a member of...):
order Primulales; Primulales (Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae)
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