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    AIZOACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigoldsplay

    Synonyms:

    Aizoaceae; carpetweed family; family Aizoaceae; family Tetragoniaceae; Tetragoniaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Aizoaceae" is a kind of...):

    caryophylloid dicot family (family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

    Meronyms (members of "Aizoaceae"):

    Carpobrotus; genus Carpobrotus (a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus)

    Dorotheanthus; genus Dorotheanthus (a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus)

    genus Lithops (genus of stemless South African succulents)

    genus Mesembryanthemum; Mesembryanthemum (South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight)

    genus Molluga; Molluga (carpetweeds)

    genus Pleiospilos; Pleiospilos (perennial succulents of South Africa)

    genus Tetragonia; Tetragonia (New Zealand spinach)

    Holonyms ("Aizoaceae" is a member of...):

    Caryophyllales; Chenopodiales; order-Chenopodiales; order Caryophyllales (corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae)

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