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HYDRANGEACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae

Synonyms:

family Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family; Hydrangeaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hydrangeaceae" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Hydrangeaceae"):

genus Hydrangea (type genus of Hydrangeaceae; large genus of shrubs and some trees and vines with white or pink or blue flower clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

genus Carpenteria (one species; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

Decumaria; genus Decumaria (small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

genus Deutzia (genus of ornamental mostly deciduous shrubs native to Asia and Central America; widespread in cultivation; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

Philadelphaceae; subfamily Philadelphaceae (one genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae)

genus Schizophragma; Schizophragma (small genus of deciduous climbing and creeping shrubs with white flowers in flat clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

Holonyms ("Hydrangeaceae" is a member of...):

order Rosales; Rosales (in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae)

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