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BIRTHWORT FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does birthwort family mean?
• BIRTHWORT FAMILY (noun)
The noun BIRTHWORT FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. family of birthworts (including wild ginger)
Familiarity information: BIRTHWORT FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of birthworts (including wild ginger)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aristolochiaceae; birthwort family; family Aristolochiaceae
Hypernyms ("birthwort 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 "birthwort family"):
Aristolochia; genus Aristolochia (birthworts; Dutchman's-pipe)
Asarum; genus Asarum (wild ginger)
Holonyms ("birthwort family" is a member of...):
Aristolochiales; order Aristolochiales (order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary)
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