linaceae

English Thesaurus

1. a widely distributed family of plants (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot family, magnoliopsid family,
definition	:	family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus linum, linum,
definition	:	a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves (noun.plant)