family polygalaceae

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   trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres

   SynonymsPolygalaceaemilkwort family

   Broaderrosid dicot family

   Part ofGeraniales

Questions about family polygalaceae

What does family polygalaceae mean?

family polygalaceae means "trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres".

What is another word for family polygalaceae?

Close synonyms include Polygalaceae, milkwort family. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family polygalaceae a common word?

family polygalaceae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.