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    BALSAM FAMILY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    balsam family; Balsaminaceae; family Balsaminaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("balsam family" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "balsam family"):

    genus Impatiens (annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent; cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand)

    Holonyms ("balsam family" is a member of...):

    Geraniales; order Geraniales (an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae)

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