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    FAMILY SAURURACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuyniaplay

    Synonyms:

    family Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family; Saururaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Saururaceae" 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)

    Meronyms (members of "family Saururaceae"):

    genus Saururus; Saururus (type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails)

    Anemopsis; genus Anemopsis (one species: yerba mansa)

    genus Houttuynia; Houttuynia (one species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places)

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

    order Piperales; Piperales (Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae)

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