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NASTURTIUM FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nasturtium family mean?
• NASTURTIUM FAMILY (noun)
The noun NASTURTIUM FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum
Familiarity information: NASTURTIUM FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Tropaeolaceae; nasturtium family; Tropaeolaceae
Hypernyms ("nasturtium family" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "nasturtium family"):
genus Tropaeolum; Tropaeolum (a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae)
Holonyms ("nasturtium 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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