NOUN | plant | Polygonaceae, family Polygonaceae, buckwheat family | a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone |
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Meaning | A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats. | |
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Synonyms | family Polygonaceae, buckwheat family | |
Member of | Polygonales, order Polygonales | coextensive with the family Polygonaceae, |
Members | Fagopyrum, genus Fagopyrum | buckwheat |
Polygonum, genus Polygonum | diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions | |
Rheum, genus Rheum | rhubarb | |
Rumex, genus Rumex | docks | |
genus Eriogonum | North American herbs of the buckwheat family | |
Broader | dicot family, magnoliopsid family | family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
Spanish | poligonáceas | |
Catalan | Polygonaceae |
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