paeoniaceae

English Thesaurus

1. perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot family,
definition	:	family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus paeonia, paeonia,
definition	:	peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	order ranales, order ranunculales, ranales, ranunculales,
definition	:	herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae (noun.plant)