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LIZARD'S-TAIL FAMILY

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

family Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family; Saururaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lizard's-tail 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 "lizard's-tail family"):

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 ("lizard's-tail family" is a member of...):

order Piperales; Piperales (Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae)

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