Definition of Menyanthaceae

1. Noun. A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales.

Exact synonyms: Buckbean Family, Family Menyanthaceae
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Gentianales, Order Gentianales
Member holonyms: Genus Menyanthes, Menyanthes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menyanthaceae

Mentha suaveolens
Menticirrhus
Menticirrhus americanus
Menticirrhus littoralis
Menticirrhus saxatilis
Menticirrhus undulatus
Mentor
Mentzelia
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Mentzelia lindleyi
Mentzelia livicaulis
Menuhin
Menura
Menurae
Menuridae
Menyanthaceae (current term)
Menyanthes trifoliata
Menziesia
Menziesia ferruginea
Menziesia pilosa
Mephaquine
Mephistophelean
Mephistopheles
Mephitinae
Mephitis
Mephitis macroura
Mephitis mephitis
Meprin
Meralgia paraesthetica
Merc

Literary usage of Menyanthaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"In moist sand, southern Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. Family 16. Menyanthaceae G. Don, Gard. Diet. 4: 167. 1837. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"The flowers are small and white or yellowish. The Menyanthaceae are marsh or aquatic plants, which in our species have yellow or white flowers. ..."

3. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"On. Menyanthaceae. 210. Menyanthes trifoliata, L. Buckbean. The plant has bitter properties and is nauseous. ..."

4. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1900)
"... dull white or purplish, 4-spurred corolla. In wet places in open woods. MONTANA : Columbia Falls, 1892, RS Williams; Mrs. Kenneth. Menyanthaceae. ..."

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