four-o[clock_family (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *four-o'clock family*:
NOUN	plant	four-o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae, family Nyctaginaceae, Allioniaceae, family Allioniaceae	a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales

English > *four-o'clock family*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	A family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales.
Synonyms	Nyctaginaceae, family Nyctaginaceae, Allioniaceae, family Allioniaceae
Member of	Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales	corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
Members	Abronia, genus Abronia	genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers
	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
Spanish	Allioniaceae, nictagináceas
Catalan	nictaginàcia, nictaginàcies, Nyctaginaceae

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