FAMILY
: One of the categories in soil classification intermediate between the great soil group and the soil series.
One of the categories in soil classification intermediate between the great soil group and the soil series.
A taxonomic subdivision of an order, containing a group of related genera. Family names end in -idae.
A subdivision of an order, containing a group of related genera. Family names always end in "idae", for example Meloidae.
A group of plants, usually of several genera, and many species, which have the same basic floral structure and can thus be readily segregated and recognised from other families.