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NEPENTHACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nepenthaceae mean?
• NEPENTHACEAE (noun)
The noun NEPENTHACEAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the genus Nepenthes
Familiarity information: NEPENTHACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Nepenthes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Nepenthaceae; Nepenthaceae
Hypernyms ("Nepenthaceae" 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 "Nepenthaceae"):
genus Nepenthes; Nepenthes (pitcher plants)
Holonyms ("Nepenthaceae" is a member of...):
order Sarraceniales; Sarraceniales (plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae)
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