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GRAPEVINE FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grapevine family mean?
• GRAPEVINE FAMILY (noun)
The noun GRAPEVINE FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales
Familiarity information: GRAPEVINE FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Vitaceae; grapevine family; Vitaceae; Vitidaceae
Hypernyms ("grapevine family" 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)
Meronyms (members of "grapevine family"):
genus Vitis; Vitis (the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes)
genus Parthenocissus; Parthenocissus (woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils)
Holonyms ("grapevine family" is a member of...):
order Rhamnales; Rhamnales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)
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