noun
a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats
• Syn: ↑family Polygonaceae, ↑buckwheat family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polygonales, ↑order Polygonales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Polygonum, ↑genus Polygonum, ↑Fagopyrum, ↑genus Fagopyrum, ↑genus Eriogonum, ↑Rheum, ↑genus Rheum, ↑Rumex, ↑genus Rumex
Useful english dictionary. 2012.