SPURGE FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spurge family mean? 

• SPURGE FAMILY (noun)
  The noun SPURGE FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. a family of plants of order Geraniales

  Familiarity information: SPURGE FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPURGE FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of plants of order Geraniales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family

Hypernyms ("spurge family" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "spurge family"):

Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)

Acalypha; genus Acalypha (a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)

genus Croton (tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil)

Codiaeum; genus Codiaeum (evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands)

genus Mercurialis; Mercurialis (a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)

genus Ricinus; Ricinus (a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant)

Cnidoscolus; genus Cnidoscolus (a genus of perennial plant with bristles; belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)

genus Jatropha; Jatropha (a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)

genus Hevea; Hevea; rubber tree (small genus of South American trees yielding latex)

genus Manihot; Manihot (genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava)

Aleurites; genus Aleurites (candlenut)

genus Pedilanthus; Pedilanthus (tropical American succulent shrubs)

genus Sebastiana; Sebastiana (Mexican spurges)

Holonyms ("spurge family" is a member of...):

Geraniales; order Geraniales (an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae)