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LORANTHACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria
Synonyms:
family Loranthaceae; Loranthaceae; mistletoe family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Loranthaceae" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)
Meronyms (members of "Loranthaceae"):
genus Loranthus; Loranthus (type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species)
Arceuthobium; genus Arceuthobium (genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers)
genus Nuytsia; Nuytsia (one species)
Holonyms ("Loranthaceae" is a member of...):
order Santalales; Santalales (order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots)
