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MYRTLE FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil
Synonyms:
family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("myrtle family" 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 "myrtle family"):
myrtaceous tree (trees and shrubs)
genus Myrtus; Myrtus (type genus of the Myrtaceae)
genus Pimenta; Pimenta (allspice tree)
Eugenia; genus Eugenia (tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood)
genus Feijoa (small South American shrubs or trees)
genus Jambos; Jambos (used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos))
genus Myrciaria; Myrcia; Myrciaria (a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family)
genus Psidium; Psidium (guavas)
genus Eucalyptus (tall trees native to the Australian region; source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves)
genus Syzygium; Syzygium (a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere)
Holonyms ("myrtle family" 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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