noun
perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas
• Syn: ↑Plumbaginaceae, ↑family Plumbaginaceae, ↑sea-lavender family
• Derivationally related forms: ↑plumbaginaceous (for: ↑Plumbaginaceae)
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Primulales, ↑order Primulales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Plumbago, ↑Armeria, ↑genus Armeria, ↑Limonium, ↑genus Limonium
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the plant family Plumbaginaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants of seacoasts and semiarid regions, having basal or alternate leaves, spikelike clusters of tubular flowers, and dry, one-seeded fruit, and including leadwort, sea lavender, statice, and thrift.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.