noun
north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales
• Syn: ↑family Diapensiaceae, ↑diapensia family
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ericales, ↑order Ericales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Diapensia, ↑genus Galax, ↑Pyxidanthera, ↑genus Pyxidanthera, ↑genus Shortia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.