family Ranunculaceae


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Noun1.family Ranunculaceae - a family of Ranunculaceae
magnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
genus Ranunculus, Ranunculus - annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot
Aconitum, genus Aconitum - genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal
Actaea, genus Actaea - baneberry
genus Adonis, Adonis - annual or perennial herbs
genus Anemone - perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions
Anemonella, genus Anemonella - one species: rue anemone
genus Aquilegia - columbine
Caltha, genus Caltha - a genus of Caltha
Cimicifuga, genus Cimicifuga - small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane
genus Clematis - large genus of deciduous or evergreen woody vines or erect herbs
Coptis, genus Coptis - small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers
Consolida, genus Consolida - plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals; sometimes included in genus Delphinium
genus Delphinium - large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of north temperate regions some poisonous
Eranthis, genus Eranthis - winter aconite
genus Helleborus, Helleborus - a genus of Helleborus
genus Hepatica - small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions; allied to genus Anemone
genus Hydrastis, Hydrastis - small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan
genus Isopyrum, Isopyrum - tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere
genus Laccopetalum, Laccopetalum - one species: giant buttercup
genus Nigella - erect annual Eurasian herbs
genus Pulsatilla, Pulsatilla - includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers
genus Thalictrum, Thalictrum - widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue
genus Trautvetteria, Trautvetteria - small genus of perennial herbs: false bugbane
genus Trollius, Trollius - perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers
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References in periodicals archive ?
"Black seed (also known as black cumin; Nigella sativa) is an annual flowering plant belonging to the family ranunculaceae and is a native of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia.
Black cumin (Nigella sativa) of family Ranunculaceae is cultivated globally for its black seeds which are used as a preservative or spice agent in a variety of food products (Atta 2003; Salem 2005).
Delphinium anthriscifolium Hance, belonging to the genus Delphinium of family Ranunculaceae, is a perennial herb growing in the regions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, and Jiangxi of China [1,2].
Nigella sativa (NS), family Ranunculaceae, has pharmaceutical and medical properties such as diuretics, antihypertensive, antibacterial, anthelmintic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunopotential activity.