birthwort family

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Noun

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birthwort family - family of birthworts (including wild ginger)Aristolochiaceae, family Aristolochiaceaedicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationAristolochiales, order Aristolochiales - order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovaryAristolochia, genus Aristolochia - birthworts; Dutchman's-pipeAsarum, genus Asarum - wild ginger