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POLYGONACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polygonaceae mean? 

POLYGONACEAE (noun)
  The noun POLYGONACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheatsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


POLYGONACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buckwheat family; family Polygonaceae; Polygonaceae

Hypernyms ("Polygonaceae" 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)

Meronyms (members of "Polygonaceae"):

genus Polygonum; Polygonum (diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions)

Fagopyrum; genus Fagopyrum (buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum)

genus Eriogonum (North American herbs of the buckwheat family)

genus Rheum; Rheum (rhubarb)

genus Rumex; Rumex (docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions)

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

order Polygonales; Polygonales (coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,)


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