bellflower family

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Noun1.bellflower family - family of plants of the order Campanulalesbellflower family - family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae
Campanulaceae, family Campanulaceae
plant family - a family of plants
Campanulales, order Campanulales - an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae
genus Campanula - large genus of herbs grown for their blossoms: bellflowers
genus Lobelia - in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae
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* Clermontia samuelii or (in Hawaiian) 'oha wai, a shrub in the bellflower family (Campanulaceae);
haleakalaensis or haha, a vine-like shrub in the bellflower family;
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* Clermontia samuelii or (in Hawaiian) `oha wai, a shrub in the bellflower family (Campanulaceae);
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