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    CHENOPODIACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Includes spinach and beetsplay

    Synonyms:

    Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Chenopodiaceae"):

    Chenopodium; genus Chenopodium (goosefoot; pigweed)

    Atriplex; genus Atriplex (orach; saltbush)

    Bassia; genus Bassia; genus Kochia; Kochia (summer cypress)

    Cycloloma; genus Cycloloma; genus Halogeton (a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae)

    genus Salicornia; Salicornia (glassworts)

    genus Salsola; Salsola (chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts)

    genus Sarcobatus; Sarcobatus (one species: greasewood)

    genus Spinacia; Spinacia (spinach)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Chenopodiaceae"):

    Beta; genus Beta (beets)

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

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

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