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MILKWORT FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does milkwort family mean?
• MILKWORT FAMILY (noun)
The noun MILKWORT FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres
Familiarity information: MILKWORT FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Polygalaceae; milkwort family; Polygalaceae
Hypernyms ("milkwort family" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "milkwort family"):
genus Polygala; Polygala (type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot)
Holonyms ("milkwort family" 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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