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    PRIMULACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphereplay

    Synonyms:

    family Primulaceae; primrose family; Primulaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "Primulaceae"):

    genus Primula (very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers)

    Anagallis; genus Anagallis (chiefly Old World herbs)

    Centunculus; genus Centunculus (a dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae)

    genus Cyclamen (genus of widely cultivated flowering Eurasian herbs with centrally depressed rounded tubers and rounded heart-shaped leaves)

    genus Glaux; Glaux (sea milkwort)

    genus Hottonia; Hottonia (aquatic herbs)

    genus Lysimachia; Lysimachia (loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive)

    genus Samolus; Samolus (genus of herbs usually growing in salt marshes: water pimpernels)

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

    order Primulales; Primulales (Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae)

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