English > Capparidaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia. |
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| Synonyms | family Capparidaceae, caper family |
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| Member of | Rhoeadales, order Rhoeadales, Papaverales, order Papaverales | An order of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Members | Capparis, genus Capparis | Tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees |
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| Crateva, genus Crateva | Tropical genus of small trees or shrubs |
| Polanisia, genus Polanisia | widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length |
| genus Cleome, Cleome | Tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot family | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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| Spanish | caparáceas, Capparidaceae |
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| Catalan | caparàcies |
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