English > family Aizoaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds. |
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Synonyms | Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, family Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed family |
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Member of | Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales | corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae |
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Members | Carpobrotus, genus Carpobrotus | A caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus |
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Dorotheanthus, genus Dorotheanthus | A caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus |
Mesembryanthemum, genus Mesembryanthemum | South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight |
Molluga, genus Molluga | carpetweeds |
Pleiospilos, genus Pleiospilos | perennial succulents of South Africa |
Tetragonia, genus Tetragonia | New Zealand spinach |
genus Lithops | genus of stemless South African succulents |
Broader | caryophylloid dicot family | family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
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Spanish | aizoáceas, Tetragoniaceae |
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Catalan | Aizoaceae, aïzoàcies |
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