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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

group, grouping go
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

biological group go
a group of plants or animals

taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon go
animal or plant group having natural relations

family go
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera

dicot family, magnoliopsid family go
family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

asterid dicot family
family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

noun.plant

16 Subcategories

Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family go
plants with heads composed of many florets: aster
Ambrosiaceae, family Ambrosiaceae go
in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds
Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder family go
widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs
Caprifoliaceae, family Caprifoliaceae, honeysuckle family go
shrubs and small trees and woody vines
Dipsacaceae, family Dipsacaceae go
chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads
Polemoniaceae, family Polemoniaceae, phlox family go
a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales
Acanthaceae, family Acanthaceae, acanthus family go
widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees
Bignoniaceae, family Bignoniaceae go
trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules
Gesneriaceae, family Gesneriaceae, gesneria family go
large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas
Hydrophyllaceae, family Hydrophyllaceae, waterleaf family go
perennial woodland herbs
Labiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Lamiaceae, mint family go
a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint
Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family go
a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales
Solanaceae, family Solanaceae, potato family go
large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous
Verbenaceae, family Verbenaceae, verbena family, vervain family go
family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees
Avicenniaceae, family Avicenniaceae go
used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia
Valerianaceae, family Valerianaceae, valerian family go
genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor