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MENISPERMACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Menispermaceae mean?
• MENISPERMACEAE (noun)
The noun MENISPERMACEAE has 1 sense:
1. herbaceous or woody climbers
Familiarity information: MENISPERMACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbaceous or woody climbers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Menispermaceae; Menispermaceae; moonseed family
Hypernyms ("Menispermaceae" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Menispermaceae"):
genus Menispermum; Menispermum (climbing herbs)
moonseed (plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds)
Cocculus; genus Cocculus (climbing plants or shrubs)
Holonyms ("Menispermaceae" is a member of...):
order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)
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