dicot family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑magnoliopsid family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Ambrosiaceae — noun in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds • Syn: ↑Ambrosiaceae • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae … Useful english dictionary
family Verbenaceae — noun family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees • Syn: ↑Verbenaceae, ↑verbena family, ↑vervain family • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Asteraceae — noun plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia • Syn: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑aster family • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Avicenniaceae — noun used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia • Syn: ↑Avicenniaceae • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Verbenaceae, ↑family Verbenaceae, ↑verbena family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Compositae — noun plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia • Syn: ↑Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Labiatae — noun a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four lobed ovaries yielding four one seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary • Syn: ↑Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑family Lamiaceae,… … Useful english dictionary
family Lamiaceae — noun a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four lobed ovaries yielding four one seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary • Syn: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑mint … Useful english dictionary
family Scrophulariaceae — noun a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales • Syn: ↑Scrophulariaceae, ↑figwort… … Useful english dictionary
family Gesneriaceae — noun large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales • Syn: ↑Gesneriaceae, ↑gesneria family • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
