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    FLAX FAMILY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A widely distributed family of plantsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Linaceae; flax family; Linaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("flax family" 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 "flax family"):

    genus Linum; Linum (a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves)

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