English > family Tetragoniaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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, family Aizoaceae, 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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