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    BUCKWHEAT FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheatsplay

    Synonyms:

    buckwheat family; family Polygonaceae; Polygonaceae

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    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "buckwheat family"):

    genus Polygonum; Polygonum (diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions)

    Fagopyrum; genus Fagopyrum (buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum)

    genus Eriogonum (North American herbs of the buckwheat family)

    genus Rheum; Rheum (rhubarb)

    genus Rumex; Rumex (docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions)

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

    order Polygonales; Polygonales (coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,)

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