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VIOLET FAMILY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus
Synonyms:
family Violaceae; Violaceae; violet family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("violet family" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "violet family"):
genus Viola; Viola (large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions)
genus Hybanthus; Hybanthus (a genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions)
genus Hymenanthera; Hymenanthera (a genus of slender evergreen shrubs; grow in Australia and New Zealand)
genus Melicytus; Melicytus (a genus of deciduous shrubs or trees; fruit is a berry; grow in New Zealand and Fiji and Solomon Islands)
Holonyms ("violet family" is a member of...):
Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)