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    WOOD-SORREL FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    family Oxalidaceae; Oxalidaceae; wood-sorrel family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("wood-sorrel family" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "wood-sorrel family"):

    genus Oxalis (type genus of the Oxalidaceae; large genus of plants having leaves that resemble clover and variously colored flowers usually clustered in umbels)

    Averrhoa; genus Averrhoa (trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves: carambolas)

    Holonyms ("wood-sorrel 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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