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CORKWOOD FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order
Synonyms:
corkwood family; family Leitneriaceae; Leitneriaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("corkwood family" is a kind of...):
dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "corkwood family"):
genus Leitneria; Leitneria (one species: corkwood)
Holonyms ("corkwood family" is a member of...):
Myricales; order Myricales (coextensive with the family Myricaceae)