CAMPANULACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Campanulaceae mean? 

• CAMPANULACEAE (noun)
  The noun CAMPANULACEAE has 1 sense:

1. family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae

  Familiarity information: CAMPANULACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMPANULACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bellflower family; Campanulaceae; family Campanulaceae

Hypernyms ("Campanulaceae" is a kind of...):

plant family (a family of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Campanulaceae"):

genus Campanula (large genus of herbs grown for their blossoms: bellflowers)

genus Lobelia (in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae)

Holonyms ("Campanulaceae" is a member of...):

Campanulales; order Campanulales (an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae)