English noun: saxifrage family |
1. | saxifrage family (plant) a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae |
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| Synonyms | family Saxifragaceae, Saxifragaceae |
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| Broader (hypernym) | rosid dicot family |
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| Member holonym | Boykinia, Chrysosplenium, Darmera, Francoa, genus Astilbe, genus Bergenia, genus Boykinia, genus Chrysosplenium, genus Darmera, genus Francoa, genus Heuchera, genus Leptarrhena, genus Lithophragma, genus Mitella, genus Parnassia, genus Peltiphyllum, genus Saxifraga, genus Suksdorfia, genus Tellima, genus Tiarella, genus Tolmiea, Heuchera, Leptarrhena, Lithophragma, Mitella, Peltiphyllum, Saxifraga, Tellima, Tiarella, Tolmiea |
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| Member meronym | order Rosales, Rosales |
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