| NOUN | plant | pokeweed family, Phytolaccaceae, family Phytolaccaceae | chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers |
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| Meaning | chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma. | |
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| Synonyms | Phytolaccaceae, family Phytolaccaceae | |
| Member of | Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales | corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae |
| Members | Agdestis, genus Agdestis | A genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots |
| Ercilla, genus Ercilla | A genus of evergreen climbers | |
| Phytolacca, genus Phytolacca | type genus of Phytolaccaceae | |
| Rivina, genus Rivina | small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs | |
| Trichostigma, genus Trichostigma | A genus of erect or climbing shrubs found in tropical South America | |
| Broader | caryophylloid dicot family | family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
| Spanish | fitolacáceas | |
| Catalan | fitolacàcia, fitolacàcies, Phytolaccaceae | |
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