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    NASTURTIUM FAMILY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Coextensive with the genus Tropaeolumplay

    Synonyms:

    family Tropaeolaceae; nasturtium family; Tropaeolaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("nasturtium family" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "nasturtium family"):

    genus Tropaeolum; Tropaeolum (a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae)

    Holonyms ("nasturtium family" is a member of...):

    Geraniales; order Geraniales (an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae)

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