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POLYGONACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Polygonaceae mean?
• POLYGONACEAE (noun)
The noun POLYGONACEAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats
Familiarity information: POLYGONACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
buckwheat family; family Polygonaceae; Polygonaceae
Hypernyms ("Polygonaceae" 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 "Polygonaceae"):
genus Polygonum; Polygonum (diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions)
Fagopyrum; genus Fagopyrum (buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum)
genus Eriogonum (North American herbs of the buckwheat family)
genus Rheum; Rheum (rhubarb)
genus Rumex; Rumex (docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions)
Holonyms ("Polygonaceae" is a member of...):
order Polygonales; Polygonales (coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,)
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