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RAFFLESIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rafflesiaceae mean?
• RAFFLESIACEAE (noun)
The noun RAFFLESIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales
Familiarity information: RAFFLESIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Rafflesiaceae; Rafflesiaceae
Hypernyms ("Rafflesiaceae" is a kind of...):
dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Holonyms ("Rafflesiaceae" is a member of...):
Aristolochiales; order Aristolochiales (order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary)
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