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BUCKBEAN FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buckbean family mean? 

BUCKBEAN FAMILY (noun)
  The noun BUCKBEAN FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianalesplay

  Familiarity information: BUCKBEAN FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUCKBEAN FAMILY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buckbean family; family Menyanthaceae; Menyanthaceae

Hypernyms ("buckbean family" is a kind of...):

dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "buckbean family"):

genus Menyanthes; Menyanthes (the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans)

Holonyms ("buckbean family" is a member of...):

Gentianales; order Gentianales (an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae)


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