FAMILY CRASSULACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Crassulaceae mean? 

• FAMILY CRASSULACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CRASSULACEAE has 1 sense:

1. succulent shrubs and herbs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CRASSULACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Succulent shrubs and herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Crassulaceae; family Crassulaceae; stonecrop family

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

plant family (a family of plants)

Meronyms (members of "family Crassulaceae"):

Crassula; genus Crassula (type genus of Crassulaceae; herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts)

genus Sedum (large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves)

Aeonium; genus Aeonium (a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae)

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

order Rosales; Rosales (in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae)