noun
family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Hyponyms:
↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑carnation family, ↑pink family, ↑Stellaria, ↑genus Stellaria, ↑Aizoaceae, ↑family Aizoaceae, ↑Tetragoniaceae, ↑family Tetragoniaceae, ↑carpetweed family, ↑Amaranthaceae, ↑family Amaranthaceae, ↑amaranth family, ↑Batidaceae, ↑family Batidaceae, ↑saltwort family, ↑Chenopodiaceae, ↑family Chenopodiaceae, ↑goosefoot family, ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑family Nyctaginaceae, ↑Allioniaceae, ↑family Allioniaceae, ↑four-o'clock family, ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae, ↑cactus family, ↑Phytolaccaceae, ↑family Phytolaccaceae, ↑pokeweed family, ↑Portulacaceae, ↑family Portulacaceae, ↑purslane family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllidae, ↑subclass Caryophyllidae
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