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FAMILY THYMELAEACEAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa
Synonyms:
daphne family; family Thymelaeaceae; Thymelaeaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Thymelaeaceae" 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 Thymelaeaceae"):
genus Daphne (usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs)
Dirca; genus Dirca (deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood)
Holonyms ("family Thymelaeaceae" is a member of...):
Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)
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