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SESAME FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sesame family mean?
• SESAME FAMILY (noun)
The noun SESAME FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. the family of plants of order Polemoniales
Familiarity information: SESAME FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The family of plants of order Polemoniales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Pedaliaceae; Pedaliaceae; sesame family
Hypernyms ("sesame family" is a kind of...):
plant family (a family of plants)
Meronyms (members of "sesame family"):
genus Martynia (in some classifications includes the unicorn plants)
genus Sesamum; Sesamum (tropical African and Indian herbs)
genus Proboscidea; Proboscidea (in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants)
Holonyms ("sesame family" is a member of...):
order Polemoniales; Polemoniales (Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales)
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