FAMILY HYDNORACEAE

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Meaning:

A family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants

Synonyms:

family Hydnoraceae; Hydnoraceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Hydnoraceae" 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)

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

Aristolochiales; order Aristolochiales (order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary)

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