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    FAMILY LORANTHACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    In some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoriaplay

    Synonyms:

    family Loranthaceae; Loranthaceae; mistletoe family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

    Meronyms (members of "family Loranthaceae"):

    genus Loranthus; Loranthus (type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species)

    Arceuthobium; genus Arceuthobium (genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers)

    genus Nuytsia; Nuytsia (one species)

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

    order Santalales; Santalales (order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots)

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