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OCHNACEAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves
Synonyms:
family Ochnaceae; ochna family; Ochnaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ochnaceae" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Ochnaceae"):
genus Ochna; Ochna (type genus of Ochnaceae; evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics)
Holonyms ("Ochnaceae" is a member of...):
Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)