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    MELASTOMATACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentalsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Melastomaceae; family Melastomataceae; meadow-beauty family; Melastomaceae; Melastomataceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Melastomataceae"):

    genus Melastoma; Melastoma (type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries)

    genus Medinilla; Medinilla (tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers)

    genus Rhexia; Rhexia (deer grass)

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

    Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)

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