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Noun: violet family
  1. A family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus
    "The violet family contains many beloved garden flowers";
    - Violaceae, family Violaceae

Type of: dilleniid dicot family

Part of: Hypericales, order Hypericales, order Parietales, Parietales

Encyclopedia: Violet family