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Noun: family Polygonaceae
  1. A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats
    "The family Polygonaceae includes many edible species like rhubarb and sorrel";
    - Polygonaceae, buckwheat family

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: order Polygonales, Polygonales