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FAMILY THEOPHRASTACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae
Synonyms:
family Theophrastaceae; Theophrastaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Theophrastaceae" 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 Theophrastaceae"):
genus Jacquinia; Jacquinia (sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae)
Holonyms ("family Theophrastaceae" is a member of...):
order Primulales; Primulales (Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae)
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