Ranunculaceae — Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent[1] Ranunculus auricomus (type species) … Wikipedia
Ranunculaceae — noun a family of Ranunculaceae • Syn: ↑family Ranunculaceae, ↑buttercup family, ↑crowfoot family • Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Ranales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Ranunculaceae — ▪ plant family the buttercup family (order Ranunculales), comprising about 2,252 species in 62 genera of flowering plants, mostly herbs, which are widely distributed in all temperate and subtropical regions. In the tropics they occur mostly … Universalium
Ranunculaceae — Ra·nun·cu·la·ceae (rə nung″ku laґse e) a family of flowering plants, most of which contain the glycoside ranunculin; when the plants are eaten, the ranunculin breaks down to form the lethal toxin protoanemonin. Genera include Aconitum … Medical dictionary
buttercup family — noun a family of Ranunculaceae • Syn: ↑Ranunculaceae, ↑family Ranunculaceae, ↑crowfoot family • Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Ranales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
crowfoot family — noun a family of Ranunculaceae • Syn: ↑Ranunculaceae, ↑family Ranunculaceae, ↑buttercup family • Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Ranales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
magnoliid dicot family — noun family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Annonaceae, ↑family Annonaceae, ↑custard apple family, ↑Berberidace … Useful english dictionary
buttercup family — the plant family Ranunculaceae, typified by mostly herbaceous plants having usually alternate leaves, multistaminate flowers sometimes lacking petals but with colorful sepals, and including the anemone, buttercup, clematis, columbine, delphinium … Universalium
List of Canadian plants by family R — Main page: List of Canadian plants by familyFamilies: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z Radulaceae * Radula auriculata * Radula complanata * Radula obconica * Radula obtusiloba * Radula… … Wikipedia
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
