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    CANNABIDACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Cannabidaceae; family Cannabidaceae; hemp family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Cannabidaceae" 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 "Cannabidaceae"):

    genus Cannabis (hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions; in some classifications included in the family Moraceae)

    genus Humulus; Humulus (hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap; in some classifications included in the family Urticaceae)

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

    order Urticales; Urticales (an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae)

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