VITACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vitaceae mean? 

• VITACEAE (noun)
  The noun VITACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales

  Familiarity information: VITACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VITACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Vitaceae; grapevine family; Vitaceae; Vitidaceae

Hypernyms ("Vitaceae" 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 "Vitaceae"):

genus Vitis; Vitis (the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes)

genus Parthenocissus; Parthenocissus (woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils)

Holonyms ("Vitaceae" is a member of...):

order Rhamnales; Rhamnales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)