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FAMILY BALSAMINACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Balsaminaceae mean?
• FAMILY BALSAMINACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY BALSAMINACEAE has 1 sense:
1. distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers
Familiarity information: FAMILY BALSAMINACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
balsam family; Balsaminaceae; family Balsaminaceae
Hypernyms ("family Balsaminaceae" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "family Balsaminaceae"):
genus Impatiens (annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent; cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand)
Holonyms ("family Balsaminaceae" is a member of...):
Geraniales; order Geraniales (an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae)
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