English noun: Gesneriaceae |
1. | Gesneriaceae (plant) large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales |
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| Synonyms | family Gesneriaceae, gesneria family |
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| Broader (hypernym) | asterid dicot family |
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| Member holonym | Alsobia, genus Achimenes, genus Aeschynanthus, genus Alsobia, genus Columnea, genus Episcia, genus Gesneria, genus Gloxinia, genus Kohleria, genus Saintpaulia, genus Sinningia, genus Streptocarpus, gesneriad, gloxinia, Saintpaulia, Sinningia |
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| Member meronym | order Polemoniales, Polemoniales |
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