PHILADELPHACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Philadelphaceae mean? 

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

1. one genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHILADELPHACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Philadelphaceae; subfamily Philadelphaceae

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

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Philadelphaceae"):

genus Philadelphus (mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

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

family Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family; Hydrangeaceae (sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae)