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    FAMILY PAEONIACEAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    family Paeoniaceae; Paeoniaceae; peony family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

    Meronyms (members of "family Paeoniaceae"):

    genus Paeonia; Paeonia (peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers)

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

    order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)

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