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GRAPEVINE FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales
Synonyms:
family Vitaceae; grapevine family; Vitaceae; Vitidaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grapevine 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 "grapevine family"):
genus Vitis; Vitis (the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes)
genus Parthenocissus; Parthenocissus (woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils)
Holonyms ("grapevine family" is a member of...):
order Rhamnales; Rhamnales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)
