Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
family Roridulaceae

family Roridulaceae

9.9
A small group of flowering plants from South Africa with sticky leaves that trap insects
  • noun
  • Specialized
: familia Roridulaceae
  • Plants in the family Roridulaceae are known for their sticky, insect-trapping leaves.

Examples

  • The genus Roridula is the only member of the family Roridulaceae.

  • Botanists debate whether to include the family Roridulaceae in Droseraceae.

  • The family Roridulaceae includes unique plants found in South Africa.

  • Did you know that the family Roridulaceae consists of carnivorous plants?

  • Plants in the family Roridulaceae are known for their sticky, insect-trapping leaves.

  • The family Roridulaceae includes unique plants found in South Africa.

  • Did you know that the family Roridulaceae consists of carnivorous plants?

Synonyms

Roridulaceae
vsfamily Roridulaceae
  • Specialized
9.9

A small group of South African shrubs with sticky leaves that trap and eat insects

is the same meaning but adds a taxonomic rank label before the name

How Large

phylum
  • Specialized
4 8.7
class
∞ 1.8
order
  • Specialized
7 7.5
family Roridulaceae
  • Specialized
9.9
genus
  • Specialized
20 7.1
species
  • Specialized
928 2.7

Surface Forms

family Roridulaceae singular
families Roridulaceae plural

Morphology

family + Roridulaceae

This phrase is purely compositional: 'family' (a scientific grouping) combined with the taxonomic name 'Roridulaceae' yields the meaning 'the biological family called Roridulaceae.' This is a standard, cross-linguistically common naming pattern in taxonomy, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.

Etymology

Family Roridulaceae comes from the plant name Roridula, a group of South African plants whose leaves are covered in sticky drops that look like dew. Those sticky drops catch insects, so the name refers to the group of plants that 'catch insects'.