plant family

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plant family - a family of plants 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 plantsgymnosperm family - a family of gymnospermsbellflower family, Campanulaceae, family Campanulaceae - family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes LobeliaceaeDioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, yam family - yamsErythroxylaceae, family Erythroxylaceae - a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruitCrassulaceae, family Crassulaceae, stonecrop family - succulent shrubs and herbsfamily Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family, Grossulariaceae - in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berryborage family, Boraginaceae, family Boraginaceae - a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruitbladderwort family, family Lentibulariaceae, Lentibulariaceae - carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genliseafamily Martyniaceae, Martyniaceae - in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceaefamily Pedaliaceae, Pedaliaceae, sesame family - the family of plants of order Polemoniales