English > family Nyctaginaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales. |
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Synonyms | Nyctaginaceae, Allioniaceae, family Allioniaceae, four-o'clock 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 | Abronia, genus Abronia | genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers |
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Allionia, genus Allionia | small genus of chiefly American herbs |
Mirabilis, genus Mirabilis | four o'clocks |
Nyctaginia, genus Nyctaginia | A caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species |
Pisonia, genus Pisonia | genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines |
genus Bougainvillea, Bougainvillaea, genus Bougainvillaea | Ornamental tropical woody vines |
Broader | caryophylloid dicot family | family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
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Spanish | Allioniaceae, nictagináceas |
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Catalan | nictaginàcia, nictaginàcies, Nyctaginaceae |
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