family Guttiferae
1: widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber [syn: {Guttiferae}, {Clusiaceae}, {family Clusiaceae}, {St John's wort f...
family Haemodoraceae
1: some genera placed in family Liliaceae [syn: {Haemodoraceae}, {bloodwort family}]
family Halictidae
1: a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture [syn: {Halictidae}]
family Haloragaceae
1: a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales [syn: {Haloragidaceae}, {family Haloragidaceae}, {Haloragaceae}, {water-milfoil family}]
family Haloragidaceae
1: a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales [syn: {Haloragidaceae}, {Haloragaceae}, {family Haloragaceae}, {water-milfoil family}]
family Hamamelidaceae
1: comprises genera Hamamelis; Corylopsis; Fothergilla; Liquidambar; Parrotia; other small genera [syn: {Hamamelidaceae}, {witch-hazel family}]
family Helicidae
1: land snails including the common edible snail and some pests [syn: {Helicidae}]
family Helvellaceae
1: family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous [syn: {Helvellaceae}]
family Hemerocallidaceae
1: one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis [syn: {Hemerocallidaceae}]
family Hemiramphidae
1: halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide [syn: {Hemiramphidae}]
family Heteromyidae
1: small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats [syn: {H...
family Hippocastanaceae
1: trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule [syn: {Hippocastanaceae}, {horse-chestnut family}]
family history
1: part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases
family Hominidae
1: modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man [syn: {Hominidae}]
family Hostaceae
1: one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta [syn: {Hostaceae}, {Funkaceae}, {family Funkaceae}]
family Hyacinthaceae
1: one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted [syn: {Hyacinthaceae}]
family Hydnoraceae
1: a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants [syn: {Hydnoraceae}]
family Hydrangeaceae
1: sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae [syn: {Hydrangeaceae}, {hydrangea family}]
family Hydrocharidaceae
1: simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed [syn: {Hydrocharitaceae}, {family Hydrocharitaceae}, {Hydrocharidaceae}, {frogbit family}, {frog's-bit family}]
family Hydrocharitaceae
1: simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed [syn: {Hydrocharitaceae}, {Hydrocharidaceae}, {family Hydrocharidaceae}, {frogbit family}, {frog's-bit family}]
family Hygrophoraceae
1: a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance [syn: {Hygrophoraceae}]
family Hylobatidae
1: used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae [syn: {Hylobatidae}]
family Hypericaceae
1: used in some classification systems for plants usually included among the Guttiferae [syn: {Hypericaceae}]
family Hyperodontidae
1: beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae [syn: {Ziphiidae}, {family Ziphiidae}, {Hyperodontidae}]
family Hypocreaceae
1: family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales [syn: {Hypocreaceae}]
family Hypoxidaceae
1: in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae [syn: {Hypoxidaceae}]
family Ibidiidae
1: ibises [syn: {Threskiornithidae}, {family Threskiornithidae}]
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family Ichthyosauridae
1: later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres [syn: {Ichthyosauridae}]
family Icteridae
1: American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks [syn: {Icteridae}]
family Iguania
1: New World lizards [syn: {Iguanidae}, {family Iguanidae}, {Iguania}]
family Iguanidae
1: New World lizards [syn: {Iguanidae}, {Iguania}, {family Iguania}]
family Ipidae
1: large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees [syn: {Scolytidae}, {family Scolytidae}, {Ipidae}]
family Irenidae
1: a family of birds of the suborder Oscines [syn: {Irenidae}]
family Iridaceae
1: large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs [syn: {Iridaceae}, {iris family}]
family Isoetaceae
1: quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes [syn: {Isoetaceae}, {quillwort family}]
family Isuridae
1: in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae [syn: {Isuridae}]
family Jassidae
1: family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications [syn: {Jassidae}]
family jewels
1: external male sex organs [syn: {male genitalia}, {male genitals}, {male genital organ}]
family Juglandaceae
1: trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans [syn: {Juglandaceae}, {walnut family}]
family Juncaceae
1: tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes [syn: {Juncaceae}, {rush family}]
family Juncaginaceae
1: a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales [syn: {Scheuchzeriaceae}, {family Scheuchzeriaceae}, {Juncaginaceae}, {arrow-grass family}]
family Kasuwonidae
1: in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos [syn: {Katsuwonidae}]
family Labiatae
1: the mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary [syn: {Labiatae}, {Lam...
family Lactobacillaceae
1: lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid [syn: {Lactobacillaceae}, {Lactobacteriaceae}, {family Lactobacteriaceae}]
family Lactobacteriaceae
1: lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid [syn: {Lactobacillaceae}, {family Lactobacillaceae}, {Lactobacteriaceae}]
family Lamiaceae
1: the mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary [syn: {Labiatae}, {fam...
family Laminariaceae
1: large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters [syn: {Laminariaceae}]
family Lardizabalaceae
1: thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit [syn: {Lardizabalaceae}, {lardizabala family}]
family Lecythidaceae
1: large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins [syn: {Lecythidaceae}]
family Leguminosae
1: a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae [syn: {Leguminosae}, {Fabaceae}, {family...
family Leiopelmatidae
1: primitive New Zealand frogs [syn: {Leiopelmatidae}, {Liopelmidae}, {family Liopelmidae}]
family Leitneriaceae
1: coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order [syn: {Leitneriaceae}, {corkwood family}]
family Lemnaceae
1: family of small free-floating thalloid plants [syn: {Lemnaceae}, {duckweed family}]
family Lennoaceae
1: family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers; California and Mexico [syn: {Lennoaceae}]
family Lentibulariaceae
1: carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia; Pinguicula; Genlisea [syn: {Lentibulariaceae}, {bladderwort family}]
family Lepidobotryaceae
1: family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa [syn: {Lepidobotryaceae}]
family Lepidodendraceae
1: fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk [syn: {Lepidodendraceae}]
family Lepiotaceae
1: a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk [syn: {Lepiotaceae}]
family Leptodactylidae
1: New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae [syn: {Leptodactylidae}]
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