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ZINGIBERACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Zingiberaceae mean?
• ZINGIBERACEAE (noun)
The noun ZINGIBERACEAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
Familiarity information: ZINGIBERACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Zingiberaceae; ginger family; Zingiberaceae
Hypernyms ("Zingiberaceae" is a kind of...):
liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Zingiberaceae"):
genus Zingiber; Zingiber (tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger)
Curcuma; genus Curcuma (tropical Asiatic perennial herbs)
Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet (perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes)
Aframomum; genus Aframomum (an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae)
Elettaria; genus Elettaria (cardamom)
Holonyms ("Zingiberaceae" is a member of...):
Musales; order Musales (tropical plants)
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