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    FAMILY PYROLACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthiliaplay

    Synonyms:

    family Pyrolaceae; Pyrolaceae; wintergreen family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "family Pyrolaceae"):

    genus Pyrola (short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions: wintergreen; shinleaf)

    genus Orthilia; Orthilia (a shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb; grows in damp coniferous woodlands in northern temperate regions)

    Chimaphila; genus Chimaphila (small genus of evergreen herbs with long creeping rootstocks and shining leaves; North America; Europe; east Asia)

    genus Moneses; Moneses (one species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus Pyrola)

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

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

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