noun
the family of plants of order Polemoniales
• Syn: ↑family Pedaliaceae, ↑sesame family
• Hypernyms: ↑plant family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Martynia, ↑Sesamum, ↑genus Sesamum, ↑Proboscidea, ↑genus Proboscidea
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Pedaliaceae /pi-dā-li-āˈsi-ē/
plural noun
A family of tubifloral dicotyledons related to the bignonias
ORIGIN: Gr pēdalion a rudder, from the keeled fruit
Useful english dictionary. 2012.