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    CAPER FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisiaplay

    Synonyms:

    caper family; Capparidaceae; family Capparidaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "caper family"):

    Capparis; genus Capparis (tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees)

    Cleome; genus Cleome (tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs)

    Crateva; genus Crateva (tropical genus of small trees or shrubs)

    genus Polanisia; Polanisia (widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length)

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

    order Papaverales; order Rhoeadales; Papaverales; Rhoeadales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)

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