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SALTWORT FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does saltwort family mean?
• SALTWORT FAMILY (noun)
The noun SALTWORT FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts
Familiarity information: SALTWORT FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Batidaceae; family Batidaceae; saltwort family
Hypernyms ("saltwort family" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot family (family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "saltwort family"):
Batis; genus Batis (small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs)
Holonyms ("saltwort family" is a member of...):
Caryophyllales; Chenopodiales; order-Chenopodiales; order Caryophyllales (corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae)
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