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    PHYTOLACCACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigmaplay

    Synonyms:

    family Phytolaccaceae; Phytolaccaceae; pokeweed family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    caryophylloid dicot family (family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

    Meronyms (members of "Phytolaccaceae"):

    genus Phytolacca; Phytolacca (type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed)

    Agdestis; genus Agdestis (a genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates)

    Ercilla; genus Ercilla (a genus of evergreen climbers)

    genus Rivina; Rivina (small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America)

    genus Trichostigma; Trichostigma (a genus of erect or climbing shrubs found in tropical South America)

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

    Caryophyllales; Chenopodiales; order-Chenopodiales; order Caryophyllales (corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae)

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