FAMILY RAFFLESIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Rafflesiaceae mean? 

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

1. a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY RAFFLESIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Rafflesiaceae; Rafflesiaceae

Hypernyms ("family Rafflesiaceae" 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)

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

Aristolochiales; order Aristolochiales (order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary)