DIAPENSIA FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diapensia family mean? 

• DIAPENSIA FAMILY (noun)
  The noun DIAPENSIA FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales

  Familiarity information: DIAPENSIA FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIAPENSIA FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

diapensia family; Diapensiaceae; family Diapensiaceae

Hypernyms ("diapensia family" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "diapensia family"):

genus Diapensia (type genus of Diapensiaceae)

genus Galax (evergreen herbs of southeastern United States)

genus Pyxidanthera; Pyxidanthera (one species: pyxie; the eastern United States)

genus Shortia (evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells)

Holonyms ("diapensia family" is a member of...):

Ericales; order Ericales (Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae)