violet family

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   a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus

   SynonymsViolaceaefamily Violaceae

   Broaderdilleniid dicot family

   Part ofParietales

Questions about violet family

What does violet family mean?

violet family means "a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus".

What is another word for violet family?

Close synonyms include Violaceae, family Violaceae. 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 violet family a common word?

violet family 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.