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    DIAPENSIA FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    North temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensialesplay

    Synonyms:

    diapensia family; Diapensiaceae; family Diapensiaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "diapensia family"):

    genus Diapensia (type genus of Diapensiaceae)

    genus Galax (evergreen herbs of southeastern United States)

    genus Pyxidanthera; Pyxidanthera (one species: pyxie; the eastern United States)

    genus Shortia (evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells)

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

    Ericales; order Ericales (Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae)

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