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Definition of Carpetweed family
1. Noun. Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, Order Caryophyllales, Order-chenopodiales
Member holonyms: Carpobrotus, Genus Carpobrotus, Dorotheanthus, Genus Dorotheanthus, Genus Lithops, Genus Mesembryanthemum, Mesembryanthemum, Genus Molluga, Molluga, Genus Pleiospilos, Pleiospilos, Genus Tetragonia, Tetragonia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpetweed Family
Literary usage of Carpetweed family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The carpetweed family is represented in Minnesota by the common carpetweed, a
mat-plant forming prostrate disks of vegetation, made up of the much branching ..."
2. FLora of the Town of Southington, Conn., and Its Vicinity: A List of the by Charles Humphrey Bissell (1902)
"carpetweed family MOLLUGO, LM VERTICILLATA, L. Carpetweed Common. Cultivated fields
and waste ground, mostly in sandy soil; throughout. Sept. (269A.-229B. ..."
3. Publication by Michigan, Michigan Geological Survey, Geological and Biological Survey (1921)
"... 118, 160-161, 214-215 Caraway 57, 111, 156 Cardinal flower 216 Carpetweed
Family 41, 189 Carrot 58, 111, ..."
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