plant family
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Noun | 1. | ![]() family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family" kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae - (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants gymnosperm family - a family of gymnosperms bellflower family, Campanulaceae, family Campanulaceae - family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae Erythroxylaceae, family Erythroxylaceae - a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit family Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family, Grossulariaceae - in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry borage family, Boraginaceae, family Boraginaceae - a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit bladderwort family, family Lentibulariaceae, Lentibulariaceae - carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea family Martyniaceae, Martyniaceae - in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae |
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