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apiaceae

MEANING: plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill

Hypernym Tree (apiaceae is a type of)

rosid_dicot_family -- (a family of dicotyledonous plants
dicot_family, magnoliopsid_family -- (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
family -- ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
taxonomic_group, taxonomic_category, taxon -- (animal or plant group having natural relations
biological_group -- (a group of plants or animals
group, grouping -- (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

Hyponym Tree (types of apiaceae)

genus_Angelica -- (biennial or perennial herbs of the northern hemisphere; have a taproot

Holonyms (apiaceae is a part of)

Umbellales, order_Umbellales -- (plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs)

Meronyms (parts of apiaceae)

umbellifer, umbelliferous_plant -- (any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae
Aethusa, genus_Aethusa -- (fool's parsley
Anethum, genus_Anethum -- (dill
Anthriscus, genus_Anthriscus -- (chervil: of Europe, North Africa and Asia
Apium, genus_Apium -- (celery
genus_Astrantia -- (a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Umbelliferae with aromatic roots and palmate leaves and showy flowers
Carum, genus_Carum -- (caraway
Cicuta, genus_Cicuta -- (small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock
Conium, genus_Conium -- (small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock
Conopodium, genus_Conopodium -- (a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Umbelliferae
Cuminum, genus_Cuminum -- (cumin
Daucus, genus_Daucus -- (carrot
Eryngium, genus_Eryngium -- (large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution
Foeniculum, genus_Foeniculum -- (very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers
Heracleum, genus_Heracleum -- (widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers
Levisticum, genus_Levisticum -- (genus of aromatic European herbs with yellow flowers
Myrrhis, genus_Myrrhis -- (European perennial herbs having pinnate leaves and umbels of white flowers
Oenanthe, genus_Oenanthe -- (poisonous herbs: water dropworts
Petroselinum, genus_Petroselinum -- (parsley
Pimpinella, genus_Pimpinella -- (anise
Sanicula, genus_Sanicula -- (chiefly American herbs: sanicle
Seseli, genus_Seseli -- (a rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots
Sison, genus_Sison -- (genus including stone parsley
Sium, genus_Sium -- (perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnips
Smyrnium, genus_Smyrnium -- (Alexanders

Also See

Connaraceae, family_Connaraceae, zebrawood_family -- (mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae
Leguminosae, family_Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family_Fabaceae, legume_family, pea_family -- (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
Mimosaceae, family_Mimosaceae -- (family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
Mimosoideae, subfamily_Mimosoideae -- (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
Araliaceae, family_Araliaceae, ivy_family -- (mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: ginseng; hedera
Onagraceae, family_Onagraceae, evening-primrose_family -- (a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
Melastomataceae, family_Melastomataceae, Melastomaceae, family_Melastomaceae, meadow-beauty_family -- (a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals
Caesalpiniaceae, family_Caesalpiniaceae -- (spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
Caesalpinioideae, subfamily_Caesalpinioideae -- (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
Papilionaceae, family_Papilionacea -- (leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
Papilionoideae, subfamily_Papilionoideae -- (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
Rosaceae, family_Rosaceae, rose_family -- (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
Balsaminaceae, family_Balsaminaceae, balsam_family -- (distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers
Geraniaceae, family_Geraniaceae, geranium_family -- (chiefly herbaceous plants
Burseraceae, family_Burseraceae, torchwood_family -- (resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees
Callitrichaceae, family_Callitrichaceae -- (dicot aquatic herbs
Malpighiaceae, family_Malpighiaceae -- (tropical shrubs or trees
Meliaceae, family_Meliaceae, mahogany_family -- (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
Lepidobotryaceae, family_Lepidobotryaceae -- (family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa
Oxalidaceae, family_Oxalidaceae, wood-sorrel_family -- (a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers
Polygalaceae, family_Polygalaceae, milkwort_family -- (trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres
Rutaceae, family_Rutaceae, rue_family -- (a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent
Simaroubaceae, family_Simaroubaceae, quassia_family -- (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
Tropaeolaceae, family_Tropaeolaceae, nasturtium_family -- (coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum
Zygophyllaceae, family_Zygophyllaceae, bean-caper_family -- (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum; Tribulus; Guaiacum: Larrea
Cephalotaceae, family_Cephalotaceae -- (a family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus
Cunoniaceae, family_Cunoniaceae, cunonia_family -- (trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere
Hydrangeaceae, family_Hydrangeaceae, hydrangea_family -- (sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae
Philadelphaceae, subfamily_Philadelphaceae -- (1 genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae
Saxifragaceae, family_Saxifragaceae, saxifrage_family -- (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae
Platanaceae, family_Platanaceae, plane-tree_family -- (coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees
Euphorbiaceae, family_Euphorbiaceae, spurge_family -- (a family of plants of order Geraniales
Umbelliferae, family_Umbelliferae, Apiaceae, family_Apiaceae, carrot_family -- (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill
Cornaceae, family_Cornaceae, dogwood_family -- (a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba; Cornus; Corokia; Curtisia; Griselinia; Helwingia