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English noun: Tetragoniaceae

1. Tetragoniaceae (plant) succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds


SynonymsAizoaceae, carpetweed family, family Aizoaceae, family Tetragoniaceae


Broader (hypernym)caryophylloid dicot family


Member holonymCarpobrotus, Dorotheanthus, genus Carpobrotus, genus Dorotheanthus, genus Lithops, genus Mesembryanthemum, genus Molluga, genus Pleiospilos, genus Tetragonia, Mesembryanthemum, Molluga, Pleiospilos, Tetragonia


Member meronymCaryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales









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