English > Zingiberaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales. |
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Synonyms | family Zingiberaceae, ginger family |
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Member of | Musales, order Musales | Tropical plants |
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Members | Aframomum, genus Aframomum | An African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae |
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Alpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Zerumbet, genus Languas | perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes |
Curcuma, genus Curcuma | Tropical Asiatic perennial herbs |
Elettaria, genus Elettaria | cardamom |
Zingiber, genus Zingiber | Tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants |
Broader | monocot family, liliopsid family | family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | zingiberáceas |
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Catalan | Zingiberaceae |
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