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FAMILY GINKGOACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms
Synonyms:
family Ginkgoaceae; ginkgo family; Ginkgoaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Ginkgoaceae" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "family Ginkgoaceae"):
genus Ginkgo (sole surviving genus of the Ginkgoaceae)
Holonyms ("family Ginkgoaceae" is a member of...):
Ginkgoales; order Ginkgoales (coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales)
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