Translingual

Bixa orellana

Proper noun

Bixaceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Malvales – some dicotyledonous plants.

Usage notes

Previously classified in order Violales. Genus Cochlospermum is sometimes placed in its own family, Cochlospermaceae.

Hypernyms

• (family): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Malvales - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Amoreuxia, Bixa, Cochlospermum, Diegodendron (genera)