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PASSIFLORACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Passifloraceae mean?
• PASSIFLORACEAE (noun)
The noun PASSIFLORACEAE has 1 sense:
1. tropical woody tendril-climbing vines
Familiarity information: PASSIFLORACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical woody tendril-climbing vines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Passifloraceae; Passifloraceae; passionflower family
Hypernyms ("Passifloraceae" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Passifloraceae"):
genus Passiflora; Passiflora (type genus of the Passifloraceae)
Holonyms ("Passifloraceae" is a member of...):
Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)
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