MONOTROPACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Monotropaceae mean? 

• MONOTROPACEAE (noun)
  The noun MONOTROPACEAE has 1 sense:

1. used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOTROPACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Monotropaceae; Monotropaceae

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Monotropaceae"):

genus Monotropa; Monotropa (leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae)

genus Hypopitys; Hypopitys (term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which are usually included in the genus Monotropa)

genus Sarcodes; Sarcodes (snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae)

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

Ericales; order Ericales (Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae)