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    PASSIONFLOWER FAMILY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tropical woody tendril-climbing vinesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Passifloraceae; Passifloraceae; passionflower family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "passionflower family"):

    genus Passiflora; Passiflora (type genus of the Passifloraceae)

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

    Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)

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