English > plant family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A family of plants. |
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| Member of | Plantae, kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom | (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants |
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| Narrower | Boraginaceae, family Boraginaceae, borage family | A widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit |
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| Campanulaceae, family Campanulaceae, bellflower family | family of plants of the order Campanulales |
| Crassulaceae, family Crassulaceae, stonecrop family | succulent shrubs and herbs |
| Dioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, yam family | yams |
| Erythroxylaceae, family Erythroxylaceae | A family of plants of order Geraniales |
| Grossulariaceae, family Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family | In some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae |
| Lentibulariaceae, family Lentibulariaceae, bladderwort family | carnivorous aquatic or bog plants |
| Martyniaceae, family Martyniaceae | In most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae |
| Pedaliaceae, family Pedaliaceae, sesame family | The family of plants of order Polemoniales |
| gymnosperm family | A family of gymnosperms |
| Broader | family | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera |
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| Spanish | plantas |
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| Catalan | plantes |
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