noun
succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
• Syn: ↑family Aizoaceae, ↑Tetragoniaceae, ↑family Tetragoniaceae, ↑carpetweed family
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllales, ↑order Caryophyllales, ↑Chenopodiales, ↑order-Chenopodiales
• Member Meronyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.