LOBELIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lobeliaceae mean? 

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

1. not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOBELIACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Lobeliaceae; lobelia family; Lobeliaceae

Hypernyms ("Lobeliaceae" 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 ("Lobeliaceae" is a member of...):

Campanulales; order Campanulales (an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae)

Derivation:

lobeliaceous (belonging to the family Lobeliaceae)