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BLADDERNUT FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bladdernut family mean?
• BLADDERNUT FAMILY (noun)
The noun BLADDERNUT FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone
Familiarity information: BLADDERNUT FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bladdernut family; family Staphylaceae; Staphylaceae
Hypernyms ("bladdernut 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 "bladdernut family"):
genus Staphylea; Staphylea (a genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae)
Holonyms ("bladdernut family" is a member of...):
order Sapindales; Sapindales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)
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