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NUTMEG FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
Synonyms:
family Myristicaceae; Myristicaceae; nutmeg family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nutmeg family" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "nutmeg family"):
genus Myristica; Myristica (type genus of Myristicaceae; tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed by fleshy fruits)
Holonyms ("nutmeg family" 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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