noun
a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers
• Syn: ↑family Polemoniaceae, ↑phlox family
• Derivationally related forms: ↑polemoniaceous
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Polemonium, ↑genus Phlox, ↑Linanthus, ↑genus Linanthus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.