noun
a family of Ranunculaceae
• Syn: ↑Ranunculaceae, ↑family Ranunculaceae, ↑buttercup family
• Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ranales, ↑order Ranales, ↑Ranunculales, ↑order Ranunculales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Ranunculus, ↑genus Ranunculus, ↑Aconitum, ↑genus Aconitum, ↑Actaea, ↑genus Actaea, ↑Adonis, ↑genus Adonis, ↑genus Anemone, ↑Anemonella, ↑genus Anemonella, ↑genus Aquilegia, ↑Caltha, ↑genus Caltha, ↑Cimicifuga, ↑genus Cimicifuga, ↑genus Clematis, ↑Coptis, ↑genus Coptis, ↑Consolida, ↑genus Consolida, ↑genus Delphinium, ↑Eranthis, ↑genus Eranthis, ↑Helleborus, ↑genus Helleborus, ↑genus Hepatica, ↑Hydrastis, ↑genus Hydrastis, ↑Isopyrum, ↑genus Isopyrum, ↑Laccopetalum, ↑genus Laccopetalum, ↑genus Nigella, ↑Pulsatilla, ↑genus Pulsatilla, ↑Thalictrum, ↑genus Thalictrum, ↑Trautvetteria, ↑genus Trautvetteria, ↑Trollius, ↑genus Trollius
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noun* * *
crowfoot family,
a large group of dicotyledonous herbs and shrubs having simple or compound leaves and one or many separate carpels. The family includes the buttercup, aconite, anemone, columbine, clematis, and peony.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.