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LENTIBULARIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lentibulariaceae mean? 

LENTIBULARIACEAE (noun)
  The noun LENTIBULARIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genliseaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LENTIBULARIACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bladderwort family; family Lentibulariaceae; Lentibulariaceae

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

plant family (a family of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Lentibulariaceae"):

genus Utricularia; Utricularia (bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution)

genus Pinguicula; Pinguicula (butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica)

genus Genlisea (small genus of carnivorous plants of tropical African swamps)

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

order Polemoniales; Polemoniales (Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales)


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