noun
perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas
• Syn: ↑Plumbaginaceae, ↑family Plumbaginaceae, ↑leadwort family
• Derivationally related forms: ↑plumbaginaceous (for: ↑Plumbaginaceae)
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Primulales, ↑order Primulales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Plumbago, ↑Armeria, ↑genus Armeria, ↑Limonium, ↑genus Limonium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.