HYDNORACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hydnoraceae mean? 

• HYDNORACEAE (noun)
  The noun HYDNORACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants

  Familiarity information: HYDNORACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDNORACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Hydnoraceae; Hydnoraceae

Hypernyms ("Hydnoraceae" 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 ("Hydnoraceae" is a member of...):

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