English > violet family: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus. |
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Synonyms | Violaceae, family Violaceae |
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Member of | Parietales, order Parietales, Hypericales, order Hypericales | A large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae |
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Members | Hybanthus, genus Hybanthus | A genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers |
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Hymenanthera, genus Hymenanthera | A genus of slender evergreen shrubs |
Melicytus, genus Melicytus | A genus of deciduous shrubs or trees |
Viola, genus Viola | large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions |
Broader | dilleniid dicot family | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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Spanish | violáceas |
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Catalan | Violaceae, violàcia, violàcies |
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