violet family
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| Noun | 1. |  violet family - a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytusdilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Hypericales, order Hypericales, order Parietales, Parietales - a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae genus Viola, Viola - large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions genus Hybanthus, Hybanthus - a genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions genus Hymenanthera, Hymenanthera - a genus of slender evergreen shrubs; grow in Australia and New Zealand genus Melicytus, Melicytus - a genus of deciduous shrubs or trees; fruit is a berry; grow in New Zealand and Fiji and Solomon Islands |
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