FAMILY PASSIFLORACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Passifloraceae mean? 

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

1. tropical woody tendril-climbing vines

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PASSIFLORACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical woody tendril-climbing vines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Passifloraceae; Passifloraceae; passionflower family

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

dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "family Passifloraceae"):

genus Passiflora; Passiflora (type genus of the Passifloraceae)

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

Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)