|
|
Definition of Plant family
1. Noun. A family of plants.
Group relationships: Kingdom Plantae, Plant Kingdom, Plantae
Specialized synonyms: Gymnosperm Family, Bellflower Family, Campanulaceae, Family Campanulaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Family Dioscoreaceae, Yam Family, Erythroxylaceae, Family Erythroxylaceae, Crassulaceae, Family Crassulaceae, Stonecrop Family, Family Grossulariaceae, Gooseberry Family, Grossulariaceae, Borage Family, Boraginaceae, Family Boraginaceae, Bladderwort Family, Family Lentibulariaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Family Martyniaceae, Martyniaceae, Family Pedaliaceae, Pedaliaceae, Sesame Family
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plant Family
Literary usage of Plant family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"UNICORN-plant family. Herbs, with opposite leaves, or the upper sometimes alternate,
and perfect irregular flowers, racemose in our species. ..."
2. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"... to those of the related species they are smooth, and the flower's sepals are
much shorter than its petals. PITCH ER- plant family. Sar racen i de ce. ..."
3. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... PITCHER plant family. Bog plants with hollow pitcher-form or trumpet-shaped
leaves ; flowers with numerous hypogynous stamens. ..."
4. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"... coarsely saw-toothed, or the lower ones more irregular, and lobed at their
bases, all rough to the touch, and conspicuously veined. PITCHER-plant family ..."
5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Sarracenia flava L. Pitcher-plant family i Sarraceniaceae). ... Sarracenia purpurea
L. Pitcher-plant family (Sarraceniaceae). Pitcher-plant; flytrap ..."
6. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... PITCHER plant family. Bog plants with hollow pitcher-form or trumpet-shaped
leaves; flowers with numerous hypogynous stamens. Only 1 genus in the EUS y. ..."
7. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"UNICORN-plant family. Herbs, with opposite leaves, or the upper sometimes alternate,
and perfect irregular flowers, racemose in our species. ..."
8. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"... to those of the related species they are smooth, and the flower's sepals are
much shorter than its petals. PITCH ER- plant family. Sar racen i de ce. ..."
9. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... PITCHER plant family. Bog plants with hollow pitcher-form or trumpet-shaped
leaves ; flowers with numerous hypogynous stamens. ..."
10. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"... coarsely saw-toothed, or the lower ones more irregular, and lobed at their
bases, all rough to the touch, and conspicuously veined. PITCHER-plant family ..."
11. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Sarracenia flava L. Pitcher-plant family i Sarraceniaceae). ... Sarracenia purpurea
L. Pitcher-plant family (Sarraceniaceae). Pitcher-plant; flytrap ..."
12. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... PITCHER plant family. Bog plants with hollow pitcher-form or trumpet-shaped
leaves; flowers with numerous hypogynous stamens. Only 1 genus in the EUS y. ..."
Other Resources:
