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FAMILY MONOTROPACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Monotropaceae mean?
• FAMILY MONOTROPACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY MONOTROPACEAE has 1 sense:
1. used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes
Familiarity information: FAMILY MONOTROPACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Monotropaceae; Monotropaceae
Hypernyms ("family Monotropaceae" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "family Monotropaceae"):
genus Monotropa; Monotropa (leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae)
genus Hypopitys; Hypopitys (term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which are usually included in the genus Monotropa)
genus Sarcodes; Sarcodes (snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae)
Holonyms ("family Monotropaceae" is a member of...):
Ericales; order Ericales (Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae)
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