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    WATER-MILFOIL FAMILY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtalesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Haloragaceae; family Haloragidaceae; Haloragaceae; Haloragidaceae; water-milfoil family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("water-milfoil family" 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 "water-milfoil family"):

    genus Myriophyllum; Myriophyllum (chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils))

    Holonyms ("water-milfoil family" 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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