noun
succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
• Syn: ↑Aizoaceae, ↑family Aizoaceae, ↑family Tetragoniaceae, ↑carpetweed family
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllales, ↑order Caryophyllales, ↑Chenopodiales, ↑order-Chenopodiales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Carpobrotus, ↑genus Carpobrotus, ↑Dorotheanthus, ↑genus Dorotheanthus, ↑genus Lithops, ↑Mesembryanthemum, ↑genus Mesembryanthemum, ↑Molluga, ↑genus Molluga, ↑Pleiospilos, ↑genus Pleiospilos, ↑Tetragonia, ↑genus Tetragonia
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌgōnē|āsēˌē\synonym of aizoaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.