noun
a family of plants of order Geraniales
• Syn: ↑Euphorbiaceae, ↑spurge family
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Geraniales, ↑order Geraniales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Euphorbia, ↑genus Euphorbia, ↑Acalypha, ↑genus Acalypha, ↑genus Croton, ↑Codiaeum, ↑genus Codiaeum, ↑Mercurialis, ↑genus Mercurialis, ↑Ricinus, ↑genus Ricinus, ↑Cnidoscolus, ↑genus Cnidoscolus, ↑Jatropha, ↑genus Jatropha, ↑Hevea, ↑rubber tree, ↑genus Hevea, ↑Manihot, ↑genus Manihot, ↑Aleurites, ↑genus Aleurites, ↑Pedilanthus, ↑genus Pedilanthus, ↑Sebastiana, ↑genus Sebastiana
Useful english dictionary. 2012.