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HYDRANGEACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hydrangeaceae mean? 

HYDRANGEACEAE (noun)
  The noun HYDRANGEACEAE has 1 sense:

1. sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceaeplay

  Familiarity information: HYDRANGEACEAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYDRANGEACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family; Hydrangeaceae

Hypernyms ("Hydrangeaceae" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Hydrangeaceae"):

genus Hydrangea (type genus of Hydrangeaceae; large genus of shrubs and some trees and vines with white or pink or blue flower clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

genus Carpenteria (one species; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

Decumaria; genus Decumaria (small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

genus Deutzia (genus of ornamental mostly deciduous shrubs native to Asia and Central America; widespread in cultivation; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

Philadelphaceae; subfamily Philadelphaceae (one genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae)

genus Schizophragma; Schizophragma (small genus of deciduous climbing and creeping shrubs with white flowers in flat clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

Holonyms ("Hydrangeaceae" is a member of...):

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


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