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Definition of Family Polygonaceae
1. Noun. A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Order Polygonales, Polygonales
Member holonyms: Genus Polygonum, Polygonum, Fagopyrum, Genus Fagopyrum, Genus Eriogonum, Genus Rheum, Rheum, Genus Rumex, Rumex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Polygonaceae
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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