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LECYTHIDACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins
Synonyms:
family Lecythidaceae; Lecythidaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lecythidaceae" 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 "Lecythidaceae"):
genus Grias; Grias (anchovy pear tree)
Bertholletia; genus Bertholletia (brazil nut)
Holonyms ("Lecythidaceae" is a member of...):
Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)