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FAMILY LAURACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of Lauraceae
Synonyms:
family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Lauraceae" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "family Lauraceae"):
laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)
genus Laurus; Laurus (small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves)
Cinnamomum; genus Cinnamomum (Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs)
genus Lindera; Lindera (aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America)
Benzoin; genus Benzoin (used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera)
genus Persea; Persea (avocado)
genus Sassafras (a genus of sassafras)
genus Umbellularia; Umbellularia (aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast)
Holonyms ("family Lauraceae" is a member of...):
order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)
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