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FAMILY STAPHYLACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone

Synonyms:

bladdernut family; family Staphylaceae; Staphylaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Staphylaceae" 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 Staphylaceae"):

genus Staphylea; Staphylea (a genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae)

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

order Sapindales; Sapindales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)

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