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Noun: family Tetragoniaceae
  1. Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
    - Aizoaceae, family Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed family

Type of: caryophylloid dicot family

Part of: Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales