HyperDic: buckwheat_family

English > 1 sense of the expression buckwheat family:
NOUNplantbuckwheat family, Polygonaceae, family Polygonaceaea family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone
English > buckwheat family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats.
SynonymsPolygonaceae, family Polygonaceae
Member ofPolygonales, order Polygonalescoextensive with the family Polygonaceae,
MembersFagopyrum, genus Fagopyrumbuckwheat
Polygonum, genus Polygonumdiverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions
Rheum, genus Rheumrhubarb
Rumex, genus Rumexdocks
genus EriogonumNorth American herbs of the buckwheat family
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishpoligonáceas
CatalanPolygonaceae

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