Definition of Family Polygonaceae

1. Noun. A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Polygonaceae

family Platycephalidae
family Plethodontidae
family Pleurobrachiidae
family Pleuronectidae
family Ploceidae
family Plumbaginaceae
family Pluteaceae
family Poaceae
family Podargidae
family Podicipedidae
family Podocarpaceae
family Poeciliidae
family Polemoniaceae
family Polyangiaceae
family Polygalaceae
family Polygonaceae (current term)
family Polynemidae
family Polyodontidae
family Polypedatidae
family Polypodiaceae
family Polyporaceae
family Pomacentridae
family Pomatomidae
family Pongidae
family Pontederiaceae
family Porcellionidae
family Portulacaceae
family Portunidae
family Potamogalidae
family Potamogetonaceae

Literary usage of Family Polygonaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"... race of autumnal spir- anthes, which will yield honey to future generations of bees." BUCKWHEAT FAMILY (Polygonaceae) Common Persicaria, Pink Kno tweed, ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"The order Polygonales comprises the single family Polygonaceae, ... Family Polygonaceae. Buckwheat family. Contains about 30 genera and 800 species, ..."

3. The Essentials of Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey (1896)
"family Polygonaceae (Buckwheats) : Herbs, shrubs, and trees with alternate leaves ; petals 0 ; ovule 1, erect, orthotropous. (Sp. 750. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"... family Polygonaceae Rhubarb or pie-plant. Goosefoot Family Chenopodiaceae Beet, Swiss chard and spinach. Cabbage Family Cruciferae Cabbage, cauliflower, ..."

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