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FAMILY ACERACEAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples
Synonyms:
Aceraceae; family Aceraceae; maple family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Aceraceae" 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 "family Aceraceae"):
Acer; genus Acer (type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit)
Dipteronia; genus Dipteronia (small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China)
Holonyms ("family Aceraceae" is a member of...):
order Sapindales; Sapindales (an order of dicotyledonous plants)
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