HyperDic: leadwort_family

English > 1 sense of the expression leadwort family:
NOUNplantleadwort family, Plumbaginaceae, family Plumbaginaceae, sea-lavender familyperennial herbs and shrubs and lianas
English > leadwort family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas.
SynonymsPlumbaginaceae, family Plumbaginaceae, sea-lavender family
Member ofPrimulales, order PrimulalesPrimulaceae
MembersArmeria, genus Armeriashrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials
Limonium, genus Limoniumsea lavender
genus Plumbagoshrubs and herbs and woody vines of warm regions
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishplumbagináceas
CatalanPlumbaginaceae, plumbagináceas

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